I don't use either one (I'm not on social media at all, actually) but the pitch for Signal is secure end-to-end encryption. I thought it was mostly a competitor to SMS or iMessage or other direct message apps. Maybe it has a "follow" feature like Twitter? Don't know.
Parler appears to have some issues on the technical side, from what I've read. Some clues that their programmers were not very experienced or well-educated in secure programming practices (things like using a simple sequential number for message IDs, which makes them easy to guess). Their main selling point is/was free speech, not so much secrecy or privacy. They didn't seem very prepared for being suddenly banned from Amazon services, which is maybe understandable but when you use cloud providers you should always have a tested plan "B" in case you need it. Services like Google and Amazon are known to ban accounts for no discernable reason, and talking to a real person to get it sorted out is near-impossible. Allan Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > I drive firmly down the middle of the road but these apps seem > interesting given all the hoo-rah these days over FB and Tweeter and > whatnot and data privacy and such. I don't know Parler so that is not > something I have used. > > https://signal.org/en/ > > https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/technology/telegram-signal-apps-big-tech.html > > Keep the conversation technical please, I don't care what your politics > are in regards to the issues of data privacy, etc. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
