I hate this sentiment. I was part of a bachelor party, and we had a group chat going. Had Android/iPhone users, so it was just a MMS chat. I suggested we use signal, and one of the iPhone users goes on a rant

"I'm not gonna use Signal. It's just a honeypot for the CIA. Why else would they fund it if they didn't get any value out of. It's obviously a honey pot"

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 12 hours ago

Do they think MMS is magically invisible?

[–] Cort@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not gonna use Signal. It's just a honeypot for the CIA.

No you're thinking of telegram.

[–] white_nrdy@programming.dev 8 points 17 hours ago

So there is actually disinfo about it being funded by the CIA. I had heard it was, and tbh didn't care too much. I figured they funded it because they used it and got value. It's well audited so I trust it. Only learned it's disinfo when I looked for a source to include in my original reply

https://euvsdisinfo.eu/report/us-intelligences-services-control-the-signal-app/

[–] Ghostie@lemmy.zip 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

It is goofy for sure. Nobody that claims it is one ever supplies proof beyond “trust me, bro” or they get screechy and hostile when you ask for sources.

[–] Magnum@infosec.pub 3 points 15 hours ago

Host your own matrix server