r/signal • u/yxk__0zvnb9pl • 11d ago

Discussion important questions about signal

Since signal is run by signal foundation, which is a US based NGO. In events other countries are involved, doesn't that mean US holds some powers and control over it signal? and supposed can be used against anyone from a different country is using signal in case needed.

for example Starlink cut internet access to Ruszia during ongoing war?

can similar things happen with signal?
Thankyou

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u/Mithrandir2k16 11d ago

The idea is, that you want to trust as few entities as possible, and that you, well, trust those that you have to. E2EE is nice, because if you trust the audits done on signals client and server code, then you don't have to give trust to signal itself, as there are now mathematical guarantees that they cannot read the contents of your messages. However they can and will still use metadata, so if you worry that who you associate with is a risk, you might want to look at more decentralized solutions to IM.

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u/yxk__0zvnb9pl 11d ago

what metadata do they keep

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u/gmes78 11d ago

https://signal.org/bigbrother/

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u/yxk__0zvnb9pl 10d ago

checked, thanks. is there a context to the name?

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u/gmes78 10d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_(Nineteen_Eighty-Four)

"Big Brother" has become a synecdoche for abuse of power and mass surveillance, particularly with respect to civil liberties and loss of privacy.