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I sort of want to see what these things are like but I don't want to give them any data or contribute to them in any way haha. I've heard the Queen of Canada uses it which intrigues me

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[–] bobr@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org 41 points 2 weeks ago (14 children)
[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 17 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

Probably because there is tons of known criminal activity, most chats are not encrypted, the CEO was just arrested, etc.

OP is probably interested in seeing the chaos of the platform without necessarily being part of it. I imagine that’s somehow seeing the illicit activity going on.

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Its one of the few ways to communicate without major privacy issues, so of course it attracts criminal activity in some way. The insane part is that it somehow became normal for governments to spy on their citizens to an extent where the CEO of a communications platform is being arrested for not spying on their users.

[–] undefined@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh I know. I was just exploring why someone might call it “insane.” I installed it long ago but quickly uninstalled it when I realized how insecure it is.

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