Signal has been blocked by Venezuela and Russia

It’s like a medal of honor for a privacy preserving app 😄

could matrix.org be as easily blocked, since it's decentralized I'm wondering?

At least it means that Signal is working as intended if they are blocking it, I guess that they don't have back doors.

blocks appear to be part of a crackdown on internal dissent in both countries.

Or... you know... at least for Venezuela, the USA constantly fucking around with their elections and politics and local assets using Signal or something. Maybe, I dunno?

Would peer to peer apps be resistant to this sort of thing?

Signal honored!

why telegram is not blocked? makes you think...

Relevant context

Honestly I would've expected it to be blocked much earlier

matrix stays winning

So signel proxy for the win?

https://signal.org/blog/proxy-please

Why countries that do not prosecute political dissent bock apps used by political dissenters? /s

Smart move, considering Signal is a US-hosted centralized service that has to comply with US NSL laws.

These comments below seem to be unaware of all the issues privacy advocates have of signal.

Unless you click the “unblock” button.

Gotta love Verge.

they figured it out that it's CIA :)