What about Signal or Whatsapp, etc. vs. voice calls privacy/security?
Since I'm already getting queries about this, let me put it this way.
With the demise of Roe, we have entered a new era. My view is that
discussions to stay truly private need to be as ephemeral as possible.
Many communications don't need that level of privacy. For them, use
whatever you feel comfortable with. But voice calls through conventional
carriers are still pretty much the most ephemeral of communications
compared with everything else. Yes, voice calls could be recorded. Yes,
they're just data. But the laws regarding wiretaps are significantly
stronger (and much older) compared with how more "modern" communications
are handled. While an anti-abortion state might get a search warrant for
emails, texts, posts, even entire phones, they are unlikely to get a
search warrant for past phone calls -- since those usually will not
exist as they are not routinely recorded en masse. Obviously once a
wiretap order is placed by a court, that changes. But by and large, the
most ephemeral communications still are, in my opinion, ordinary voice
phone calls through the conventional carriers. And again, that is just
my opinion.
L
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