Comment by nobita
1 year ago
> It also used to require sharing phone numbers to add contacts, which imo is already a privacy violation.
https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
Signal doesn't require sharing of phone numbers
1 year ago
> It also used to require sharing phone numbers to add contacts, which imo is already a privacy violation.
https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
Signal doesn't require sharing of phone numbers
> Signal doesn't require sharing of phone numbers
It does require a phone number to create an account. That’s the reason I do not consider it being private because at least in Germany a phone number can only be activated by using a personal ID card which it is connected to.
Private and anonymous are two very different things
> Private and anonymous are two very different things
They’re going hand in hand as soon as there’s a data breach or a back door
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