3 ms·
> Signal doesn't know who sent most messages between friends. Why not? They know which device sent the message (because Signal were sent it) and they know whi
by zeveb 7y ago
> Signal doesn't know who sent most messages between friends.
Why not? They know which device sent the message (because Signal were sent it) and they know which device received it (because Signal sent it). I know that they have some really clever ways to forget the sender information and still route the messages, but we really don't know that they actually do forget it.
> They explicitly promise not to, but I guess if you want to you could believe that Signal is the problem and we shouldn't worry about Facebook.
I think Facebook is a far greater problem, but I also worry that Signal is a problem too. It's not either/or but both/and.
- tialaramex 7y ago> They know which device sent the message (because Signal were sent it) "Which device" here meaning they have an origin IP address for the traffic? Is that what you think most people mean by "sender" ? Like, who sent this postcard "A pillar box in Westminster, London" ? If your quibble was that this isn't technically completely anonymous I'm down with that. But the original claim was that Signal can tie this to a phone number, and "We could tell the IP address of the sending device" isn't that at all. If you are worried about IP addresses then just as with literally everything else the only effective way to hide your IP is Tor. But then why bring Signal into this?