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I would actually like to see some numbers or a survey on how many people actually do this. Anecdotally I don't think I know a single person who ever verifies sa
by threwawasy1228 8y ago
I would actually like to see some numbers or a survey on how many people actually do this. Anecdotally I don't think I know a single person who ever verifies safety numbers out of band. Of the approximately 50 people I use to talk on signal with regularly not including large group chats of people I don't know as well, not a single person has ever tried to reverify me nor have I tried to reverify any of them.
Would be cool to see what the numbers are for reverifications.
- rabidrat 8y agoAt some point, continued conversation is verification enough. The MITM isn't a catfish, and they are going to have a hard time keeping up the charade acting like someone you chat with regularly.
- ryukafalz 8y agoIt doesn’t have to be a human in the middle though - if you’re in a position to MITM, it’s much more scalable to put a bot in between that relays messages between one person and the person they intend to communicate with.
- faho 8y agoIn that case you can just ask if they got a new phone.
- hprotagonist 8y agoI normally don't do this in-person, but some kind of out of the loop approach is something i do every time. One time i got a postcard from a friend with their safety number on it and nothing else. I recognized their handwriting to complete the loop.
- 0xb100db1ade 8y agoWould you mind elaborating? What you described sounded interesting