Signal is aware of the blocks.

“Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia. The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying to avoid government censorship, and the blocks appear to be part of a crackdown on internal dissent in both countries…”

  • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    Smart move, considering Signal is a US-hosted centralized service that has to comply with US NSL laws.

    These comments below seem to be unaware of all the issues privacy advocates have of signal.

    • ivn@jlai.luEnglish
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      3 months ago

      I don’t get it, are you really arguing that Russia and Venezuela are blocking Signal to protect their citizens from American snooping?

        • QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          3 months ago

          Isn’t the whole point of something like End-to-End Encryption so that not even the company themselves can read your messages?

          In that case it wouldn’t matter even if they did turn the info over.

          Edit: I read more into the page you linked. Looks like those NSLs can’t even be used to request the contents either way:

          Can the FBI obtain content—like e-mails or the content of phone calls—with an NSL?

          Not legally. While each type of NSL allows the FBI to obtain a different type of information, that information is limited to records—such as “subscriber information and toll billing records information” from telephone companies.

          • XTL@sopuli.xyz
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            3 months ago

            The company, or any middleman, can read your messages if they have the keys. In many services, the keys come from the company. EEE is only as trustworthy as the clients and processes you use.