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I have another attitude, which is suspicion that it is a honey trap. If the FBI can read messages (https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/02/08/can-t...), it would seem like the perfect setup for them.

Why does everyone have so much faith in Signal? What if that faith is being misplaced?

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Come on. The article you linked just shows that if the FBI can unlock an iPhone, they can read Signal messages. This is not exactly a surprising revelation.

Gov agencies can hack devices to read the contents - this is not specific to Signal or any weakness of Signal.

However Signal does provide secure e2e encryption which prevents mass surveillance.

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