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		jospoortvliet on Nov 8, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I won't recommend Signal anymore You shouldn't use a smartphone if you expect to be TAO. Even the hardware could be compromised. Use a laptop with Linux for anything anyone might want to track...

kuschku on Nov 9, 2016 [–]

Then why is Moxie advertising with Snowden the Signal app as communication for TAO targets?

And for non-TAO targets, WhatsApp is just as good as Signal – the users won’t read the source code anyway, and in both cases President Trump gets your social graph.

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