In regards to signal you are right I never said it was the apps fault it was human error. But someone in that high of a position & knowing well aware the penalities of mishandling that kind of information on non-government controlled applications would have serious consequences. Nobody is going to have proof it's a cia op but we can observe & deduct from common sense the obvious. What I said isn't baseless
All the articles of encouragement should be a clear clue theres a reason to be skeptic private e2ee has existed in many applications & i'm sure their aware of Simplex as well but they encourage this specific one why? You don't find it odd that FBI would encourage the public to trust signal & use it I would. Also a phone number tied to an account is dangerous you should look up the telecommunication act. They don't need to bypass encryption they just need to associate your number to the account in question just like a license id.
As for the connection issues maybe it's your isp & where you are because I don't have these connection issues you are describing everything connects instantly & I get my messages instantly on simplex. I can only say make sure your on the latest.
I hope you end up having a better experience & those issues do go away for you.

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BleepingComputer
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FedScoop
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Gizmodo
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GitHub
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