Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames(signal.org)
1330 points by Josely | 798 comments
Signal blog post from February 2024 announcing usernames and settings that let users keep their phone numbers private from contacts.
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By default, Signal doesn't recall(signal.org)
432 points by feross | 327 comments
Signal blog post from May 2025 explaining that Signal Desktop on Windows now blocks screenshots by default to keep chats out of Microsoft Recall.
Signal Secure Backups(signal.org)
928 points by keyboardJones | 411 comments
Signal blog post announcing Secure Backups, an end-to-end encrypted backup feature with a free text tier and a paid plan for media.
Quantum Resistance and the Signal Protocol(signal.org)
247 points by dm | 104 comments
Signal Protocol and Post-Quantum Ratchets(signal.org)
621 points by pluto_modadic | 267 comments
Signal blog post by Graeme Connell and Rolfe Schmidt describing the addition of post-quantum ratchets (SPQR) to the Signal Protocol.
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Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)
453 points by bx376 | 663 comments
An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.
You can just say it(noperator.dev)
331 points by antirez | 172 comments
Personal blog essay by Caleb Gross arguing against valuing humans only for output quality that AI may eventually match, and for stating human value directly.
TODOs aren't for doing(sophiebits.com)
380 points by todsacerdoti | 218 comments
A blog post by Sophie Alpert arguing that TODO comments are valuable as documentation of known issues even if never acted on, and shouldn't be auto-deleted or tracked.
If buying isn't owning, piracy isn't stealing(pluralistic.net)
1007 points by jay_kyburz | 473 comments
Cory Doctorow's Pluralistic blog post arguing that if buying digital media isn't owning it, then piracy isn't stealing.
Encrypting private data and private communications is now an ethical duty(blog.tripu.info)
416 points by gasull | 200 comments
A personal blog essay arguing that end-to-end encrypting private data and communications has become an ethical duty, using a glass-walls analogy.
How we lost communication to entertainment(ploum.net)
651 points by 8organicbits | 365 comments
Blog post by Ploum arguing that online communication tools have been turned into entertainment platforms, eroding genuine communication.