Many 'punks' seemingly gave up the 'good fight', became disenfranchised / maligned and/or sold out to 'the man' ...
It is perhaps tricky to realize what I mean by this in broad terms ... even with the best intentions ... these things just seemingly occur ...
Relative example (in relation to the above post) ...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisper_Systems
... "Whisper Systems was an enterprise mobile security company that was co-founded by security researcher Moxie Marlinspike and roboticist Stuart Anderson in 2010. The company was acquired by Twitter in November 2011" ...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_(software)
... "Open Whisper Systems' website was launched in January 2013" ...
... "On February 21, 2018, Moxie Marlinspike and WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton announced the formation of the Signal Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is "to support, accelerate, and broaden Signals mission of making private communication accessible and ubiquitous." The foundation was started with an initial $50 million in funding from Acton, who had left WhatsApp's parent company Facebook in September 2017" ...
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WhatsApp
... "On November 18, 2014, Open Whisper Systems announced a partnership with WhatsApp to provide end-to-end encryption by incorporating the encryption protocol used in Signal into each WhatsApp client platform. Open Whisper Systems said that they had already incorporated the protocol into the latest WhatsApp client for Android, and that support for other clients, group/media messages, and key verification would be coming soon after." ...
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The main point really being that WhatsApp use is currently much more commonplace than Signal software use!
Furthermore, enter future third party key decryption possibilities a.k.a 'virtual crocodile clips' ...
- https://bit-tech.net/news/tech/software/gchq-ncsc-call-for-end-to-end-encryption-back-door/1/
- https://www.lawfareblog.com/principles-more-informed-exceptional-access-debate
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Libra != Bitcoin
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