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Security!= Privacy Providing a phone number doesn't undermine the security of Signal at all. I'd also hazard to say that Signal isn't proprietary either, yes,
by h4waii 4y ago
Security!= Privacy
Providing a phone number doesn't undermine the security of Signal at all.
I'd also hazard to say that Signal isn't proprietary either, yes, there are parts of the project that are pretty opaque and we can definitely get behind the issues with that, but it's far from proprietary IMO.
- cmroanirgo 4y agoThere are inter- relationships between privacy and security however. You can't maintain good privacy unless you have a secure platform, and what is the point of security if you cannot maintain privacy? Eg. Signal fails privacy requirements with the telegraphing of your phone number when you join a public group. There is no need for a phone number to be available to people that you don't know personally. This can lead to all sorts of physical issues (abuse, doxxing, arrests...). It would be better if a phone number was treated as a private piece of information (like SSN, home address) that is not sent out without your explicit interaction.