• According to Whittaker, the bill requires the encrypted messaging app Signal to install so-called backdoors in the software.
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    19 hours ago

    Yeah, I don’t get if these are Proton PR bots, or they’re just heavily invested in the company and are in denial. They just take that PR, add some flourish then a bunch of unrelated BS.

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      12 hours ago

      Neither.

      I elaborated on my reasons on a comment above.

      It’s also called critical thinking for me, which means I don’t get influenced by whatever the new scandal in the fediverse is for who is a bad guy, and I try to think for myself. Being a security engineer I also think to possess some competencies when it comes to understand technical setup and topics like encryption, so again, I don’t take other people opinions (possibly unqualified) as gospel.

      That said, I have specifically listed some points to back my own side, disagreeing with those (which would be nice to elaborate on) doesn’t make other people PR bots or corporate fanboys. This is a mental shortcut to avoid challenging your own opinion IMHO. I am not suggesting everyone here is a google shill aiming to sabotage valid competitors, for example.

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        7 hours ago

        It’s not called critical thinking it’s called being a troll. And I’m not respond to you with anything but this statement.