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No. It is not giving my phone number to an entity I don't trust. I don't trust anyone/thing that asks for my phone number without a valid reason. Signal does
by tjoff 7y ago
No.
It is not giving my phone number to an entity I don't trust.
I don't trust anyone/thing that asks for my phone number without a valid reason. Signal does not have a valid reason. And in the context of privacy that makes signal borderline fraudulent.
Even further, signal uniquely gives facebook and linkedin et al. my contact graph. Why? Because it relies on the contact list. Chances that anyone I'm talking to over signal also has facebook/linkedin/... is rather great.
Even facebook is better in this regard since you don't have to have a phone number to create a facebook account.
- tjoff 7y agoI regret using fraudulent. I admit signal has things going for it. But the use of phone numbers makes it utterly irrelevant in my eyes. Doesn't matter if it's the best thing ever, I could not possible care less about it. Which is a shame because I want to.
- m-p-3 7y ago> Signal does not have a valid reason. It makes it easier to discover from your contacts who already uses Signal by having the phone number tied to a Signal account. I'd prefer if using a phone number with Signal was optional.
- tjoff 7y agoThat is a valid reason for having it as an option. Not to force it.