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 a go-to app for hundreds of millions of people.
  • kbal@fedia.io
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    22 days ago

    I wish Signal was developed more openly, more like the linux kernel for a “critical infrastructure” example. I wish it had more features, so it could take the place of something like Slack. I wish it supported interoperability like fedi.

    But it’s good for what it is and I sure am glad it’s around. People who disrespect it don’t know what they’re talking about.

  • sailingbythelee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    This is a very rude question, but on this subject of being lean, I looked up your 990 and you pay yourself less than some of your engineers.

    Yes, and our goal is to pay people as close to Silicon Valley’s salaries as possible, so we can recruit very senior people, knowing that we don’t have equity to offer them. We pay engineers very well. [Leans in performatively toward the phone recording the interview.] If anyone’s looking for a job, we pay very, very well.

    So, I googled their tax filing out of curiosity. It’s true that Meredith pays herself much less than her engineers, which is great. What I was rather shocked to see is that they pay their software developers enormous salaries. They’re listing developers making over $400,000 per year, with their VP making over $660,000 per year. Now, I’m all for the value-creators making more money than the CEO. I just had no idea that software developers make that kind of coin. I was thinking of donating to Signal, but I’m kind of weirded out by those astronomical salaries.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      22 days ago

      Not all SW devs make that kind of money. I don’t live in Silicon Valley, and I make significantly less than that amount. I could probably get a job there making somewhere north of $300k, but my expenses would go through the roof and I’d be stuck in SV traffic all the time, no thank you. I get paid well, but less than half what Signal is paying.

  • Noble Shift@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    BTW, Moxie has a home made documentary kinda movie out called Hold Fast. It’s about sailing and uh stuff … It’s pretty keen, you should watch it.

    Hold Fast

  • Summzashi@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    22 days ago

    Nobody is going to use Signal when it lacks so many features. Feels like MSN messenger compared to it’s peers.

    • Varyk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      22 days ago

      what do you mean? i use it a lot and it works great, photos, videos, phone calls, optional temporary location sharing with friends, and encryption.

      what features do you want it to have that it’s lacking?

  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
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    22 days ago

    My only gripe with signal, is the use of phone numbers as usernames. Not everyone with whom I want to communicate via signal has a phone number. I understand why they went this route, but wish there was an alternative way.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      22 days ago

      It creeps me the fuck out. I do not get why a service that bills itself as secure needs to know something that can be traced back to my credit card and name. I won’t use Telegram or Signal because of this.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        20 days ago

        The Signal pitch is that you don’t need identity security so long as the encryption is strong enough.

        That is, incidentally, the same pitch Botcoiner make.

  • Twinklebreeze @lemmy.worldEnglish
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    22 days ago

    I love the idea of signal, and want to use it and invite friends to it. But then I remember I don’t really want to message anyone, and don’t really have friends because I have no interest in messaging people.