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A profile of Moxie Marlinspike and Signal, from copying WhatsApp's UX to pioneering E2EE, and its aim to reach “everyone on the planet” while upholding privacy

The privacy-focused messaging app arose from a fringe culture that emphasized individual autonomy and skepticism of authority. Mastodon: @roelant@eu.mastodon.green . Twitter: @calabashes Mastodon: Roelant / @roelant@eu.mastodon.green : Best metaphor I've seen in a while:  —  « If using Signal is like talking in a friend's kitchen, using WhatsApp is like meeting at a very loud bar—your conversation is safe, but you're exposed, and you'll have to pay for your place.  »  —  https://www.wired.com/... … Twitter: Kai Ye / @calabashes : for @WIRED, I wrote about Signal: how the push-pull between its mainstream desires and its anarchist roots has resulted in the user experience it has today, and the possible futures of “temporary autonomous zones” like it https://www.wired.com/...

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  • @roelant@eu.mastodon.green Roelant on mastodon
    Best metaphor I've seen in a while:  —  « If using Signal is like talking in a friend's kitchen, using WhatsApp is like meeting at a very loud bar—your conversation is safe, but you're exposed, and you'll have to pay for your place.  »  —  https://www.wired.com/... …
  • @calabashes Kai Ye on x
    for @WIRED, I wrote about Signal: how the push-pull between its mainstream desires and its anarchist roots has resulted in the user experience it has today, and the possible futures of “temporary autonomous zones” like it https://www.wired.com/...