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Sure - that's why Signal is for secure communication between individuals who have some level of trust. There's nothing stopping your interlocutor from leaking a

by bt1a 5y ago

Sure - that's why Signal is for secure communication between individuals who have some level of trust. There's nothing stopping your interlocutor from leaking all of the messages you send to them, what's the big issue with them having your number?

scotty79 5y ago
> Sure - that's why Signal is for secure communication between individuals who have some level of trust. If I have this level of trust with someone they are about at level of adding them as a friend on Facebook. Who knows, I even might invite them on Facebook sooner than I decide to give them my phone number. > what's the big issue with them having your number? Seriously? With my number you can harass me endlessly with phonecalls, text messagers, registering for various services that will harass me basically forcing me to abandon this phone number and notify all of my valuable contacts of the number change. Hell, they might even plaster town with my number with advert saying "Win 50$ in Chewbaca noise contest by subitting your best attempt at that number." as one creative asshole did to some poor girl. > There's nothing stopping your interlocutor from leaking all of the messages you send to them That way less of a problem if I haven't doxed myself in those conversations. All he will publish is some conversations he had with someone.
- austhrow743 5y ago
  >If I have this level of trust with someone they are about at level of adding them as a friend on Facebook. Yes that's exactly what Signal is for. Talking to people you would otherwise talk to on facebook messenger but you rather not have facebook engineers be able to read your personal conversations.
lmm 5y ago
The fact that my number is registered to my legal identity? In my country, and I think in most countries, it's not legal to sell a SIM without checking and recording the buyer's legal ID.

by bt1a 5y ago

scotty79 5y ago

> Sure - that's why Signal is for secure communication between individuals who have some level of trust. If I have this level of trust with someone they are about at level of adding them as a friend on Facebook. Who knows, I even might invite them on Facebook sooner than I decide to give them my phone number. > what's the big issue with them having your number? Seriously? With my number you can harass me endlessly with phonecalls, text messagers, registering for various services that will harass me basically forcing me to abandon this phone number and notify all of my valuable contacts of the number change. Hell, they might even plaster town with my number with advert saying "Win 50$ in Chewbaca noise contest by subitting your best attempt at that number." as one creative asshole did to some poor girl. > There's nothing stopping your interlocutor from leaking all of the messages you send to them That way less of a problem if I haven't doxed myself in those conversations. All he will publish is some conversations he had with someone.

austhrow743 5y ago
>If I have this level of trust with someone they are about at level of adding them as a friend on Facebook. Yes that's exactly what Signal is for. Talking to people you would otherwise talk to on facebook messenger but you rather not have facebook engineers be able to read your personal conversations.

lmm 5y ago

The fact that my number is registered to my legal identity? In my country, and I think in most countries, it's not legal to sell a SIM without checking and recording the buyer's legal ID.