nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqr472r6l048muneexp0tx0rmhdz890lq6t7ds30unknl40tm9udhs2erdmk (nprofile…rdmk) The autism in me insists there’s a difference between the World Wide Web and the Internet—so yes, Signal is the Internet.
I think we need to be clear that privacy, secrecy, and encryption are all different matters.
Privacy is the ability to control what information about yourself is shared, when it is shared, and with whom. So far, nobody has that ability. And believing one has that ability has lead to tremendous problems.
Secrecy is the concealment of information, actions, or even the existence of something. Certainly, secrecy exists on the Internet but usually in a temporary sense. And the more desirable information is, the more likely it goes public.
Encryption is simply the method of scrambling readable data into an unreadable format. Certainly, that can work. But as we’ve already seen with state actors, that’s been consistently challenged too.
Chris Trottier
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2026-07-21 16:27:40 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…uefz
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2026-07-21 16:27:40 UTCEvent JSON
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