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@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ Signal's use luckily never caught on by the general public of China ( or the Hon
However this is no case of [blowback](https://www.opentech.fund/about/values-principles/), [Marlinspike's confused and useful idiot politics aside](https://lemmygrad.ml/pictrs/image/n9o9bNI6gp.jpg); Signal's other deficiencies mean that there are less impediments to US government surveillance over it than previously thought, and make its claims to being "secure", questionable. However this is no case of [blowback](https://www.opentech.fund/about/values-principles/), [Marlinspike's confused and useful idiot politics aside](https://lemmygrad.ml/pictrs/image/n9o9bNI6gp.jpg); Signal's other deficiencies mean that there are less impediments to US government surveillance over it than previously thought, and make its claims to being "secure", questionable.
As the above article states, the [OTF tried to do damage control on Signal's behalf,](https://archive.is/Rz6Qa) after a few articles critical of it were written, in the hope that Signal would maintain good relations with its open source supporters, and remain a viable "privacy-oriented" alternative. Clearly the US government was interested in Signal's continued use and expansion. As the above article states, after Yasha Levine wrote an article exposing signal's funding sources, the [RFA tried to do damage control on Signal's behalf,](https://archive.is/Rz6Qa) in the hope that Signal would maintain good relations with its open source supporters, and remain a viable "privacy-oriented" alternative. Clearly the US government was interested in Signal's continued use and expansion.
The reason the US government hasn't tried to block or hinder Signal, *is because it's satisfied with the amount of information Signal can provide to it.* The reason the US government hasn't tried to block or hinder Signal, *is because it's satisfied with the amount of information Signal can provide to it.*