A BBC investigation reveals that Microsoft is permanently banning Palestinians in the U.S. and other countries who use Skype to call relatives in Gaza.

A BBC investigation reveals that Microsoft is permanently banning Palestinians in the U.S. and other countries who use Skype to call relatives in Gaza.

  • suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    5 months ago

    It’s weird that apps sometimes change scope and add features that users want? Ones that contributers already did most of the work for?

    Why aren’t they insisting this doesn’t need to be dealt with because it was a feature, not a bug?

    That was literally what they have been saying this whole fucking time.

    “The database key was never intended to be a secret. At-rest encryption is not something that Signal Desktop is currently trying to provide or has ever claimed to provide,” responded the Signal employee.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Did they make an intentional design choice which users should have been okay with like you said the first time or is this a feature users wanted? It can’t be both.