{"id":14513,"date":"2024-05-18T12:37:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T10:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/18\/how-a-smear-campaign-against-npr-led-elon-musk-to-feud-with-signal\/"},"modified":"2024-05-18T12:37:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T10:37:21","slug":"how-a-smear-campaign-against-npr-led-elon-musk-to-feud-with-signal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/18\/how-a-smear-campaign-against-npr-led-elon-musk-to-feud-with-signal\/","title":{"rendered":"How a smear campaign against NPR led Elon Musk to feud with Signal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rightwing media personalities on X transmuted a screed against NPR\u2019s CEO into a fight over encryption via the Transitive Property of Bad People<\/p>\n

For nearly two weeks, an esoteric debate has raged on X, formerly Twitter: could users concerned about privacy and security trust the messaging app Signal, or was the Telegram platform a better alternative? X\u2019s chatbot, Grok AI, described the trending moment as \u201cTelegram v Signal: a crypto clash\u201d.<\/p>\n

Signal is an app for sending end-to-end-encrypted messages to individuals and small groups. Telegram offers broadcast channels and messaging but is not <\/em>end-to-end encrypted by default. Debates over their relative merits have popped up over the years<\/a>, though largely within the confines of online spaces inhabited by cybersecurity, cryptography, privacy and policy geeks. This time, the conversation came to broader attention \u2013 Elon Musk\u2019s following of 183 million \u2013 due to X\u2019s most notorious capability: mutating isolated facts into viral conspiracy theories for the entertainment of rage-riddled crowds. As a bit player, I got a ringside seat to the manufactured controversy.<\/p>\n

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\nRightwing media personalities on X transmuted a screed against NPR\u2019s CEO into a fight over encryption via the Transitive Property of Bad People
\nFor nearly two weeks, an esoteric debate has raged on X, formerly Twitter: could users concerned about privacy and security trust the messaging app Signal, or was the Telegram platform a better alternative? X\u2019s chatbot, Grok AI, described the trending moment as \u201cTelegram v Signal: a crypto clash\u201d.
\nSignal is an app for sending end-to-end-encrypted messages to individuals and small groups. Telegram offers broadcast channels and messaging but is not end-to-end encrypted by default. Debates over their relative merits have popped up over the years, though largely within the confines of online spaces inhabited by cybersecurity, cryptography, privacy and policy geeks. This time, the conversation came to broader attention \u2013 Elon Musk\u2019s following of 183 million \u2013 due to X\u2019s most notorious capability: mutating isolated facts into viral conspiracy theories for the entertainment of rage-riddled crowds. As a bit player, I got a ringside seat to the manufactured controversy. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rightwing media personalities on X transmuted a screed against NPR\u2019s CEO into a fight over encryption via the Transitive Property of Bad People For nearly two weeks, an esoteric debate has raged on X, formerly Twitter: could users concerned about privacy and security trust the messaging app Signal, or was the Telegram platform a better …<\/p>\n

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