

I got a Swatch from their collab with Omega (as in ‘the famous watch brand’, although ‘OMEGA COLLAB’ totally sounds like a meme). It is kinda cool. Very light, ticks quite loud (I like ticking), looks stylish… But it only came with one strap and it is not only a velcro one, it’s also ever so slightly too large for me. That is both weird and disappointing. I think it is made of ceramic, not plastik, but I might resell it nonetheless.










The main problem is control ig. On Signal, someone can ask for a code or passwords to log into your account or get your data. If you have your own solution, you can have physical security keys to verify yourself, making it impossible to give anything to anyone via the internet. You can also monitor logins and make logins on new, unauthorized devices impossible.
Encrypting stuff is not really the hard part of keeping oblivious users safe. As far as that goes, they will be fine if they have people who know what they are doing use established, well audited implementations.