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While Signal does require a phone number to register, they only know your phone number, your date of registration and the date of your phones last connection to
by Gasp0de 4y ago
While Signal does require a phone number to register, they only know your phone number, your date of registration and the date of your phones last connection to signal's servers. Anyone requesting your information from them needs to provide your phone number, so any info they can get is account creation date and date of last connection.
- aliqot 4y agoSignal shouldn't ask for phone numbers. I don't give a shit what the justification is.
- hyperionplays 4y agoAgree
- fmn 4y agoDisagree
- Gasp0de 4y agoIf you want an anonymous messenger, Signal is not the product for you. If you want a secure messenger that doesn't (and can't) collect any data on your communication, and at the same time (due to the lack of anonymity) prevents spam, then Signal is the messenger for you.
- droopyEyelids 4y agowhat's up with constraints in general? Why are some things a requirement for other things? let's abolish this.
- para_parolu 4y agoPhone number is enough to find who is behind it in most cases.
- afroboy 4y agoSignal is more privacy than anonymous.
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- MathMonkeyMan 4y agoThere is no difference.
- Gasp0de 4y agoYes, Signal is not an anonymous messenger and it is not meant to be. It's a SECURE messenger, that will not reveal metadata or message contents. It DOES reveal who you are, which is intentional and important to prevent spam. Without that feature, Signal would be significantly less useful for me.
- al_caan 4y agoWhat about metadata? you can track based on metadata don't have to know the content inside the messages.