Any Non-Nefarious Reason For Signal App?

[Anonymous]

Yes. Among other reasons, it doesn't break when some people have Apple and others have Android.

From your perspective as a spouse, what's the difference? If you can access the phone, you can read chats on text or signal. If you can't access the phone, you can't see either one. So why does it matter?

[Anonymous]

Journalists use it, media people use it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Among other reasons, it doesn't break when some people have Apple and others have Android.

From your perspective as a spouse, what's the difference? If you can access the phone, you can read chats on text or signal. If you can't access the phone, you can't see either one. So why does it matter?

Signal messages are set to auto delete.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. Among other reasons, it doesn't break when some people have Apple and others have Android.

From your perspective as a spouse, what's the difference? If you can access the phone, you can read chats on text or signal. If you can't access the phone, you can't see either one. So why does it matter?

Signal messages are set to auto delete.

That is an optional setting, and they don't delete immediately. How often are you reading the chats?

[Anonymous]

I know a couple of people (my brother-in-law, who is actually my husband's sister's husband, and one work friend) who have essentially moved all of their communication to Signal because they don't want the government in their business. They aren't doing anything nefarious, they just feel that we are living under facism and they want a way to communicate with folks that's secure.

Because of my BIL, my husband and I both got Signal, and actually my husband and I moved our chats to there too (I think my husband had a brief phase of trying to switch stuff over to that too but then got over it), and then when my friend switched over, that was easy, too.

Literally those are the only three people I've ever talked to on Signal.

If I saw someone was on Signal who usually communicated with me over regular chat, I'd just assume they talked to someone like that who tried to use Signal exclusively.

[Anonymous]

I don't really care what others have said. If your spouse is inetntionally deleteing their social plans with 'friends', they are hiding something. And if they tell you its because we are living under fascism and 'the man' is coming for them, it's best to get them to a mental health profesional.

[Anonymous]

To communicate with fed co-workers in case we all get RIFFed together.

[Anonymous]

All apps have the same features. WhatsApp also has end-to-end encryption, and yo ucan set messagse to auto-delete. (In fact, I used to communicate with my AP on Whatsapp using that feature.)

Telegram has it also. Telegram is used more in Europe, but does the same stuff as the other ones.

[Anonymous]

Drugs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't really care what others have said. If your spouse is inetntionally deleteing their social plans with 'friends', they are hiding something. And if they tell you its because we are living under fascism and 'the man' is coming for them, it's best to get them to a mental health profesional.

You know people can delete regular texts too, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm on several non-nefarious group chats that started on Signal, or switched to it when WhatsApp became a zuckfsck. "Privacy concerns" extend beyond low-integrity people trying to hide their hookups.

Our local mutual aid group uses signal. It's not that deep.

Me too. Using Signal raises zero red or even yellow flags.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't really care what others have said. If your spouse is inetntionally deleteing their social plans with 'friends', they are hiding something. And if they tell you its because we are living under fascism and 'the man' is coming for them, it's best to get them to a mental health profesional.

You know people can delete regular texts too, right?

But Apple retains records of deleted texts. Signal never sees the texts because of the encyption and cant cooperate with a court order. They have nothing to turn over. Apple will turn over your deleted messages with a valid order.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I use it to chat with a select few friends -- my husband and two closest friends. Don't remember why we switched from WhatsApp but it does feel less icky.

I'm still on WhatsApp for all the thousands of group chats. But my Signal conversations are my favorites.

WhatsApp is owned by Meta/Zuckerburg. Good enough reason to avoid it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't really care what others have said. If your spouse is inetntionally deleteing their social plans with 'friends', they are hiding something. And if they tell you its because we are living under fascism and 'the man' is coming for them, it's best to get them to a mental health profesional.

You know people can delete regular texts too, right?

But Apple retains records of deleted texts. Signal never sees the texts because of the encyption and cant cooperate with a court order. They have nothing to turn over. Apple will turn over your deleted messages with a valid order.

This. This is why it is such a good program for security. And there can be a lot of reasons to wish your communications to be secure.

Everything on my Signal auto-deletes. The only thing I use WhatsApp for is communicating in foreign countries with Viator guides and for large video files, which is much better on WhatsApp than text. When I am horse shopping I use WhatsApp a ton for that reason.

[Anonymous]

No.
However, your spouse may be creeping around.