Comment by Vinnl
2 years ago
OK, yeah, I meant "I'm not sure why you need to assume that it will be linked back to your real identity by Signal ?"
2 years ago
OK, yeah, I meant "I'm not sure why you need to assume that it will be linked back to your real identity by Signal ?"
Fair enough, and I see where you're coming from.
Point remains that 33 bits will identify any given person among the 8 billions now living, and a phone number itself, plus ancillary leakage (activity patterns, location) are an exceptionally poor basis for an anonymous or pseudonymous identifier.