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retrochameleon02/19/20253 repliesview on HN

Awful shortsighted and uninformed viewpoint that has been beaten into the ground ad nauseum.

Read a couple books. Privacy is a precondition to democracy.


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baq02/19/2025

It isn't a viewpoint. It's a fact. I'm using signal for almost a decade now and only managed to get a dozen or so people to use it in any capacity. Most keep using whatsapp as their primary method of communication anyway.

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lukan02/19/2025

What books would you recommend, that proof that connection?

"Privacy is a precondition to democracy"

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monadINtop02/19/2025

>Read a couple books

Maybe you should? It might help improve your reading comprehension. The person you're responding to said that most normal people don't care enough to switch to a vastly less popular app, which is obviously true.