I'm using Signal from the early days on where a lot of stuff wasn't working properly. I try to comvince people for quite some time now and whenever there was like a privacy issue on WhatsApp or other messaging apps, I saw people discovering and moving to Signal.
Sadly, whenever there was such an opportunities to shine, they ran into technical difficulties.
As a result, many friends tell me on a different messaging app like telegram that they finally tried out signal but moved on because it wasn't working.
This makes me very sad and I hope that the Signal team is able to learn from that and plan ahead.
@Signal please take your opportunities and make a reminder like a big banner in your office reminding you to ask yourself "is there an opportunity?" Or more concrete "did WhatsApp messed up with privacy?"
For me, I will still try to convince more people to switch to signal :-)
I'd suggest that:
Whenever we, the hacker news guys who care for privacy, recognize that there is an opportunity for a privacy concerned development team like Signal
->
We send them an e-mail or similar.
Since often its really difficult to spot it yourself.
Sadly, whenever there was such an opportunities to shine, they ran into technical difficulties.
As a result, many friends tell me on a different messaging app like telegram that they finally tried out signal but moved on because it wasn't working.
This makes me very sad and I hope that the Signal team is able to learn from that and plan ahead.
@Signal please take your opportunities and make a reminder like a big banner in your office reminding you to ask yourself "is there an opportunity?" Or more concrete "did WhatsApp messed up with privacy?"
For me, I will still try to convince more people to switch to signal :-)