A little FYI for anyone that is a ‘Nervous Nelly’….
I have read that there are those among us that are worried about their privacy during these Trump years and I am by no means a techno geek but I read something that I thought some might appreciate.
I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the claims in this article but it might help those that are concerned about their privacy.
Under Donald Trump’s administration, paranoia about surveillance is not just a fear ― it’s a reality for many federal workers who are incentivized to watch and report on their coworkers’ activities.
As a result, more federal employees are reportedly downloading and using the Signal chat app for the first time to communicate with each other about their jobs and their opinions about leadership.
Should you do the same? Even if you are not a person who works with a federal agency, you might want to talk more securely about banned books, health care concerns, “DEI” initiatives or other topics made controversial by the Trump administration.
That’s when you should consider the advantages of an end-to-end encryption messaging app like Signal, privacy experts say.
The safest way to keep an online conversation more private is to use end-to-end encryption, which is what Signal, an independent nonprofit, uses for its messaging and call app.
End-to-end encryption means that the content and metadata within your messages are encrypted locally and are never stored on Signal’s servers. In this way, only your intended recipient can read your messages.
“It’s set up that the encryption key is local on your phone, so not even the people that run Signal can get to your data,” said Aaron Pritz, CEO of cybersecurity firm Reveal Risk. Because Signal “doesn’t have the encryption keys, they can’t provide to government entities or whatnot, the ability for them to pull the data.“
And that is the exact scenario government workers are worried about.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/monicatorres2/signal-privacy-app-trump-musk
I hope this some small help to those most worried about their privacy.
Please since I am not using it if you check it out let IST and its readers know if it is worth consideration or not.
Thank you for your time and help in this matter.
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No matter where I go, there are so many cameras, that I presume one is on me, more than not. So, frankly I think we lost our privacy to criminals long ago!
The 70s were a good start for the government chuq
Don’t think I would trust that for privacy much more than I would a regular email. Which for a regular email is not at all.
Thanx for your take….I probably will not use it for I am not that sure it will help. chuq
The UK has more surveillance cameras per head of the population than any other country. Mobile phone locations can be found from them ‘pinging’ off telephone signal masts, and contactless payments mean anyone using them can be tracked, including how much they spent and where they spent it. If you want to be private, then you need to dump everything connected to the Internet and a phone dervice provider. I do have a supposedly secure and encrypted email address that I do not make public. It is free up to 500 MB only and after that there is a monthly fee. But I am sure that any government agency could hack it if they wanted to. https://proton.me/
Best wishes, Pete.
I appreciate your input and I agree if you want internet secure then stop using it. chuq