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>>pera+(OP)
While I assume Signal is very good at keeping your neighbors and the like out of your business, I feel like the NSA must have some ways of getting in to signal if they want. Like if they have backdoors to get in to iPhones I assume they can replace the binary and get at your info.

Idk after learning about the Snowden revelations I assume every computer is compromised. I mean didn’t x86 have unpatched vulnerabilities for like two decades? It’s really hard for me to imagine that apps like Signal running on iphone or android can offer enough security to keep out the NSA. But I’d be very curious what folks think about that. I’ve told my drug dealer friends “signal is fine for selling weed but if you commit a murder they will probably find a way to get your messages.”

>>Taylor+hk
> While I assume Signal is very good at keeping your neighbors and the like out of your business, I feel like the NSA must have some ways of getting in to signal if they want.

'You have to go back in history, at least to the time when the devs dropped sms encryption and even earlier.

The main developer, in a matter of weeks, had turned from someone harassed by the TSA into a receipient of a major government grant ($13 mln). Then he received lucrative contracts with the “greatest” bastion of privacy, Facebook and affiliates. You don’t get that by accident. You get that by providing your own significant part of the bargain.'

https://forum.f-droid.org/t/we-can-include-signal-in-f-droid...

Just saying it's not the most unfounded theory out there.