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FBI Caught Spying on Signal Group Chat of Immigration Activists (newrepublic.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Blaze@piefed.zip to c/privacy@programming.dev

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Keep a close eye on who’s joining your group chats.

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[–] IceFoxX@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sorry, the mistake lies in the details. Private groups... They only work on a small scale and if you know each other in real life (or can otherwise verify that you are writing to the right people)... Otherwise, exactly this kind of thing can happen. That's why I think the term "private groups" is simply wrong.

[–] guillem@aussie.zone 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Maybe should be called "invite groups", puts the burden of responsibility on the act of introducing someone.

[–] IceFoxX@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Well, I have to admit that I'm referring to the first sentence in the article anyway. I have no idea what it's called in Signal itself... these are features I don't use.