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The biggest issue with signal is the forced reveal of your phone number. There are several good alternatives. Wickr and session come to mind.
by adamhearn 6y ago
The biggest issue with signal is the forced reveal of your phone number. There are several good alternatives. Wickr and session come to mind.
- noman-land 6y agoIf your adversary is a nation state, hiding your phone number is not an option. They already know it and might compromise a device. Perhaps another service is better or the use of a burner phone is preferred.
- joemazerino 6y agoHow can a nation-state adversary compromise a device only knowing the phone number?
- ncmncm 6y ago1. Track locations of phones in contact. 2. Rubber hose. 3. Obtain copies of your messages still retained in your contacts' phones.
- egberts1 6y agoEasily fixed by hosting your own Signal server and recompiling its phone apps, no?
- ta17711771 6y ago"Easily"
- rwol 6y agoYeah I didn't particularly like that about Signal. If a malignant person were trying to keep tabs on a person (victim) using Signal, they would be able to see that the victim has switched to encrypted messaging (letting the malignant person know the victim is at least partially onto them). Thinking about the use case of a person trying to avoid a hacker/stalker here for example.