I published a friend's very basic guide for gov't workers on how to use Signal for their personal messaging and why it's a good idea: https://a.wholelottanothing.org/a-guide-to-using-signal-for-government-workers/
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The funny thing is the first person (that didn't work in digital security) that insisted we only use Signal to talk was my therapist when I first met her 5-6 years ago. I asked her why and she said she didn't want doctor/patient messages to ever be readable by health insurance companies at any point in the future. I obliged.
It's good to know years later, every message we've ever sent was end to end encrypted and not logged anywhere on anyone's servers.
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What I also love about Signal is that under the hood, it's all the wants and wishes of PGP email from 30 years ago, but without all the difficult email client and lock/key handshakes required of PGP back in the day.
It just works smoothly like every other messaging app, but that one is the most safe. If you dig into it, you can get your checksums and keys and shit, but it doesn't expose it to every user in order to start adopting it.
I love nerdy stuff with good UX, and Signal has it.
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@mathowie I just wish that the years of extremely hinky behavior of the Signal owners didn't leave me with a profound distrust of it, and them.
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