I’m pretty excited that Signal is putting effort into becoming more usable by “normal people” but I won’t lie that it also makes me a bit nervous too.https://www.wired.com/story/signal-encrypted-messaging-features-mainstream/ …
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More people using Signal means more contacts I can speak to that use a secure service. In theory it might mean a slightly better anonymity set for a few of the features like sealed sender. But it also makes Signal a bigger target.
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I also worry that as Signal becomes more user friendly to my friends and non-technical neighbors, it will start to exhibit the same insecure default behavior that I see in WhatsApp and Facebook. Features that are hard to turn off or dismiss. Dark patterns. For example:pic.twitter.com/qTle4WBLQ6
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Replying to @matthew_d_green
Gotta display *something* if we don't want it to be a phone number. Just trying to give folks what they've been asking for
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Replying to @moxie @matthew_d_green
Interesting to me that this screenshot shows you *already* have a profile name. What Signal is asking for is user interaction to normalize the data. Any "normal" app would just do it on the backend invisibly, but Signal can't because it's encrypted!
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Why does data need to be normalized? A person can have many identities. Examples include: trans kids experimenting with name changes, sex workers who use an alias with clients, and hackers who use an alias with colleagues. Identity is specific to context. "Normalizing" is a bug
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