This won't help with what follows.
"Bad guys" will use the anonymity of Signal to do the usual stuff: Phishing, collecting ransom etc. etc.
Signal will get a bad image, no matter whether it's opt-in or not.
"Bad guys" will use the anonymity of Signal to do the usual stuff: Phishing, collecting ransom etc. etc.
Signal will get a bad image, no matter whether it's opt-in or not.
Whether you should be able to transfer money in a private manner is a political choice. Signal is mostly showing that it's technically feasible. I don't see braving regulations to provide this feature to everyone, but time will tell.
Signals now integrates all of this right into the app.
That's much easier than before!
So... Big win... But for whom?
Users would either have to already have the attacker in their contacts list or enable sealed sender. Enabling and funding a cryptocurrency wallet is going to be difficult. Even for WeChat who's payment service is popular it only captures 40% market share and as a result generally people are more educated about the risks.