Importantly, switching to Signal has no comparable costs. The only cost I can think of is that the UX (User Experience) might be slightly better for Facebook Messenger than Signal.
Have you conducted a user survey to this effect? I personally find Signal’s UX to be substantially worse than Messenger’s (for the relevant use-cases), and strongly expect that most people who’ve used both would have similar feelings.
I also think this significantly overstates the potential risk reduction, since incautious users are those that are least likely to switch to Signal, so the gains are mostly limited to users who are already more careful by nature.
Have you conducted a user survey to this effect? I personally find Signal’s UX to be substantially worse than Messenger’s (for the relevant use-cases), and strongly expect that most people who’ve used both would have similar feelings.
I also think this significantly overstates the potential risk reduction, since incautious users are those that are least likely to switch to Signal, so the gains are mostly limited to users who are already more careful by nature.
Nah, I am regularly wildly un-careful in my speech, so moving to Signal is a major benefit precisely for me.
Agree on UI though, the first time ppl text me I don’t know who they are, and no photos for most of my contacts.