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[-] zergtoshi@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Signal doesn't harvest, use, sell meta data, Google may do that.
E2E encryption doesn't protect from that.
Signal is orders of magnitude more trustworthy than Google in that regard.

[-] renzev@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

There's also Session, a fork of Signal which claims that their decentralised protocol makes it impossible/very difficult for them to harvest metadata, even if they wanted to.Tho I personally can't vouch for how accurate their claims are.

[-] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Agreed. That still doesnt mean google is not doing E2EE for its RCS service.

Im not arguing Google is trustworthy or better than Signal. I'm arguing that E2EE has a specific meaning that most people in this thread do not appear to understand.

[-] zergtoshi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Sure!
I was merely trying to raise awareness for the need to bring privacy protection to a level beyond E2EE, although E2EE is a very important and useful step.

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