[bestbits] [IRPCoalition] [RedLatAm] WhatsApp Blockage in Brazil - what do we know

Carlos Afonso ca at cafonso.ca
Mon Dec 28 06:21:17 EST 2015


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Excellent points, Michał.

fraternal regards

- --c.a.

On 12/26/15 20:03, rysiek wrote:
> Dnia czwartek, 17 grudnia 2015 15:29:39 Robert Guerra pisze:
>> Personally I would recommend Signal over Telegram. It has far
>> better security than Telegram…
>> 
>> it’s available for Android and iOS - https://whispersystems.org/
> 
> Again, centralized protocol: 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal_%28software%29#Servers
> 
> Can we please make note of how WhatsApp block was *possible* due to
> the centralized nature of the protocol and start moving towards
> decentralization?
> 
> I mean, how is it possible that the very reason Internet exists --
> finding a solution to the problem of "what happens when something
> takes down a central routing point" -- is the one thing we
> completely ignore in those discussions?
> 
> 
> 
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Carlos A. Afonso
Instituto Nupef - https://nupef.org.br
CGI.br - http://cgi.br

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