On: The Battle Inside Signal

[swirepe]

>The same way USPS doesn’t go around opening letters and getting rid of whatever they don’t like.

Bad news...

[etaioinshrdlu → swirepe]

The USPS is prohibited from opening mail between US people. I guess there are exceptions and warrants, but it’s generally true.

They scan the outside and sometimes X Ray the mail though...

[boomboomsubban → etaioinshrdlu]

There's also the fact that various federal agencies used to completely ignore such restrictions, I wouldn't have any faith that it is generally true.

Plus, "they only freely open mail from out of country" transfers really poorly to Signal.

[garmaine → etaioinshrdlu]

> I guess there are exceptions and warrants,

That’s the entire point though, right? The politicians and law enforcement agencies want a way to provide those same exceptions for encrypted communications.

[radicaldreamer → etaioinshrdlu]

Only certain classes of mail, not parcels and whatnot

[ryukafalz → radicaldreamer]

OP said letters, which I'm pretty sure are protected like that?