Honestly, this gives me more confidence in it. The CIA is very interested in keeping its people safe, so if they’re using it, its in their interest to ensure it’s secure. If they do put in a backdoor, I happen to be a US citizen so I’m unlikely to be a target since the CIA is all about surveillance on outsiders (FBI is domestic). FBI and Signal rarely agree, but they agree that Signal is great, so I think that’s a pretty strong endorsement.
Add to that Edward Snowden recommends it, and he’s certainly an enemy of both the CIA and the FBI at this point.
Honestly, this gives me more confidence in it. The CIA is very interested in keeping its people safe, so if they’re using it, its in their interest to ensure it’s secure. If they do put in a backdoor, I happen to be a US citizen so I’m unlikely to be a target since the CIA is all about surveillance on outsiders (FBI is domestic). FBI and Signal rarely agree, but they agree that Signal is great, so I think that’s a pretty strong endorsement.
Add to that Edward Snowden recommends it, and he’s certainly an enemy of both the CIA and the FBI at this point.
If nobody used CIA funded security tools, we wouldn’t have security tools
All of that’s off the table now with Trump in power. It’s more than likely the CIA will be deployed against domestic targets.
I think that’s unlikely, but even assuming it is, if spooks use a security/privacy tool, it’s probably pretty good.