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1. maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2016 12:44:56 EST maiyannah

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   @moonman Sure are a lot of politician-related people trying to get people to use Signal.
   • maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2016 12:45:35 EST maiyannah

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     @moonman too slow
   • maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2016 12:48:30 EST maiyannah

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     @moonman xmpp has been around for ages and is better in literally every way
   • maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2016 12:49:08 EST maiyannah

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     @bob @moonman A conspiracy would imply there's some effort to cover it up.  There is not.
   • maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2016 12:54:11 EST maiyannah

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     @moonman @bob Any software you cannot audit should be assumed to be 100% insecure.  Any other assumption is foolish.
   • maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2016 12:55:29 EST maiyannah

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     @moonman @bob Yes
   • maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2016 13:03:38 EST maiyannah

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     @moonman @bob If you use standard opsec and understand the level of security various channels give you, and act accordingly, you'll be fine.  The problem is many people do not, because they are lead to believe certain things are much more secure than they actually are.
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   • maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2016 13:06:19 EST maiyannah

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     @moonman @hector @bob Understand the chain of custody of every message you transmit and you'll be better off than pretty much 99% of the people around you.
   • maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2016 13:16:07 EST maiyannah

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     @loki @moonman It takes literally five seconds and very little technical knowledge to set up Prosody.  There is no excuse except laziness.
   • maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2016 13:18:38 EST maiyannah

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     @moonman @loki How is putting the path to a ssl certificate in a single configuration variable confusing?
   • maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2016 13:20:23 EST maiyannah

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     @loki @moonman Prosody will not communicate with insecure xmpp servers unless you make it, at which point you are assuming the risk.
   • maiyannah (maiyannah)'s status on Sunday, 25-Dec-2016 13:42:31 EST maiyannah

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     @loki @moonman There's actually a few friends I cannot communicate with on XMPP because they use insecure XMPP servers.  While I could lax server restrictions for them or create an exception, I feel it is better for all involved for me to advocate them finding a secure server instead, or help them set up their own.  I helped my almost 90-year old grandmother set up…