▲ 565 ▼ Signal has been blocked by Venezuela and Russia (www.theverge.com) submitted 2 years ago by gytrash@feddit.uk to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 97 comments fedilink hide all child comments "Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia. The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying to avoid government censorship, and the blocks appear to be part of a crackdown on internal dissent in both countries..."
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) Honestly I would've expected it to be blocked much earlier permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago You need a certain market saturation before a ban becomes useful. If very few people are using the service, there's little incentive to invest time/energy in a block. I suspect the recent wave of riots in the wake of the election is driving the urgency. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Akareth@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) would have* expected it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago That's what would've means? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago You need a certain market saturation before a ban becomes useful. If very few people are using the service, there's little incentive to invest time/energy in a block. I suspect the recent wave of riots in the wake of the election is driving the urgency. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Akareth@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) would have* expected it permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago That's what would've means? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] histic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago That's what would've means? permalink fedilink source parent