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Signal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why? (techcrunch.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Why? Because the Dutch national broadcasters keep plugging it as an alternative to Whatsapp.

Aside... Two apps keep getting mentioned as alternatives, Signal and Element/Matrix, but in MHRO both are not viable as replacements.

Signal: still a US app, CIA funded, provides their encryption backbone to Whatsapp, recommended by governments & FBI. Matrix/Element: Developed in Israel, with ties to IDF, preferred by NATO (NI2CE)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Signal is funded by the CIA now ? And I thought Element is in the UK?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Signal does seem to have some ties to the CIA

There seems to be a completely different Israeli company called matrix. I can't find any link between the two.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I guess this means we're not switching to RCS then?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago

RCS is not an open standard

[–] [email protected] 15 points 16 hours ago

A lot of VPN servers in Netherlands may have something to do with it.....

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