How Signal is playing with fire – A push into untraceable payments

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25 points·kurthr··5 comments

Love Signal but this was totally unnecessary and puts the whole project at risk.

Also the whole integration was super shady. From the possible conflict of interest (Signal CEO being advisor to MobileCoin), to the MobileCoin CEO dodging any serious questions, to the fact that whole supply is premined and most of it held by founders and investors.

Why can't Signal just stay a secure messenger app?

Agreed. I think this is simply cashing in on the cryptocurrency craze while it's still fashionable. Then again, Moxie Marlinspike was never the most transparent fellow I've seen.

At this rate, I'm probably going to go with a Matrix + element style chat system with my family and friends. I'm getting fed up with the outright grift.

Matrix and Element user here, been working well for almost a year. No complaints. Using my own Synapse server as a Docker container.

150% shameless cash grab and one of the largest wastes of community goodwill in some time.

Honestly if it weren't for the shady actions you described, I maybe could have bit my tongue.

But the wizard-of-oz game they are playing has been enough for me to tell people to contact me on Telegram instead.

Do they not realize they are taking trust away from signal? (aka the primary reason people use the app)

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360057625692-In... - the feature is opt-in

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