@mkj@social.mkj.earth @xoagray@tiggi.es tl;dr: Signal is great, but not enough I agree in general that wide-spread adoption of signal is a benefit to privacy. Yet I think it's important to stress the importance of the last point mkj expressed: Encryption isn't magic. Inappropriate operational security is more likely to compromise anything than broken cryptography. If you depend on signal for safety, finding more robust means of communication is essential. I recommend to get two alternatis at the very least as contingecy in case of an internet shutdown. Local and mobile mesh networks like these could be possible workarounds: https://bitchat.free/ https://briarproject.org/ The mobile network doesn't even have to be shut down maliciously to be unavailable when a large number of devices concentrate; such as at a protest. Also making comprehensive backups/mirrors of essential data and tools can be counted as security practice imo. Getting them once the connections break will be much more difficult. Peer to peer networks are essential for popular resilience in light of oppression. Signal as great as it is, is not one.