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@mer__edith completely agree there's a big difference and fully supported the Signal stance. But why no export function on iOS? broken phone = lost entire message history

I wouldn’t say that Will and I are battling but I do disagree. Because there are big differences between Signal and WhatsApp. Signal is the gold standard in private comms. We’re open source, nonprofit, and we develop and apply e2ee and privacy preserving tech across our system to protect metadata and message contents. Check out to see just how little data we are able to provide in response to the subpoenas we’re not able to resist. Now, WhatsApp licenses Signal’s cryptography to protect message contents for consumer WhatsApp. Not on WhatsApp for business. Neither consumer nor business WhatsApp protects intimate metadata—like contact list, who’s messaging whom, when, profile photo, etc. And, when compelled, like all companies that collect the data to begin with, they turn this important, revealing data over. Don’t misunderstand—we love that WhatsApp uses our tech to raise the privacy bar of their app. Part of Signal’s mission is to set, and encourage the tech ecosystem to meet, this high privacy bar. But these are key differences when it comes to meaningful privacy and the public deserves to understand them, given the stakes. Not have them clouded in marketing.

@WIRED very easy to lose all of one's message history though isn't it

On its 10th anniversary, Signal’s president wants to remind you that the world’s most secure communications platform is a nonprofit. It’s free. It doesn’t track you or serve you ads. It pays its engineers very well. And it’s still a go-to app for hundreds of millions of people. wired.trib.al/jtrXHD3

@Aiannucci surely it was going to be EIGHTH time lucky?!

And I’m hearing Sunak will be posting something similar up in the next few days.

so @AerLingus you don't like accepting payments huh?

@BBCNews right. because they were going to die peacefully of old age yeah?

Boy, 15, arrested after 14 lambs mown down by car in Surrey field bbc.in/3vKTo11

@qikipedia 'Could' not 'will'. you're assuming 100% turnout. but still, it's the first time this has happened

About half the world’s population will vote in an election in 2024.

@askryanair you have any idea how goddam annoying it is that all your customer service or contact us links are dead?

@daraobriain that Renault was just resting on my driveway...

No, but Hang The DJ fits the mood.

hey @RAC_Care can you explain why it takes two months to respond to a simple complaint?

any other #hotmail users out there (oldskool!) noticing that the spam filters aren't catching what they used to?

@ElectricIreland can you explain why having a smart meter means one cannot use a green electricity tariff? surely that wipes out any minor environmental benefits. can I go back to 'dumb' meter in order to have green power?

@davidmountain Queued for four hours to get in, now cannot add a single item. yet they're still listed! Terrible site #RWC2023

Trying to buy tickets for #RWC 2023 on resale site. So bad! A catalogue of errors, including... "No ticket currently available" "La mise à jour du statut des billets du listing a échoué" "Error when adding to cart " "Listing ticket status update failed" ...

@N1993hh yes I have been stuck on 99% for four hours. tried on another device and got through, but scant tickets available and as soon as one clicks, they're not for sale. but still listed. pretty graphics and no functionality: prioritise all wrong #RWC2023

#RWC2023 website has been frozen for the past 3 hours, while others have been able to queue after I started and purchase tickets. Has anyone else experienced the same terrible loading times/ frozen queue progression?

Stunning and devastating opening from Newsnight tonight. Harsh, yes. Media students (and current broadcast journalists!) take note: your edit is nothing without the right choice of music. And oh boy this is quite the choice.

here's a snazzier landing page. still time to register for TODAY linkedin.com/posts/fieldfis…

Fed up of tech cos forcing you to make poor decisions? Join our webinar TOMORROW to learn more about upcoming limits on #darkpatterns info.fieldfisher.com/258/5731/compo…

Genius! 💯

Finally. Thank the lord.

@danroan "i chuffin love rugby i do. especially the time when Alan Shearer scored a century at Wimbledon"

AUDIO of gaffe by Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries during speech at a Rugby League World Cup social impact event in St Helens earlier. “I’ve always quite liked the idea of rugby league - my long-standing memory is that 2003 drop-goal… Wow, what a moment that was.” Listen 👇

@biminibabes reusing is > than plastic. the cow in my dad's old 70's jacket isn't going to be saved by me throwing it away now. however as many point out, plastic leather is not the only alternative: upcycled tyres, pineapples, mushrooms...

Vegans. Opinion on wearing second hand leather? Personally I think reusing old leather is better than ‘fake’ leather which is essentially plastic. We have enough leather on the planet to stop all leather production.