Never. And I said that from when signal was released, and anyone is using it for “privacy” is delusional, let me repeat that, any one is using ANY service that

Never. And I said that from when signal was released, and anyone is using it for “privacy” is delusional, let me repeat that, any one is using ANY service that still uses a phone number as a mean of registration/ID/2FA/etc. and thinks that service is privacy oriented is a delusional one with false sense of security, I can go writing books on why phone numbers are privacy nightmare, bottom line: Don’t use a service that still a phone number to “verify” you. I second Session mentioned below, been using it for a while, still, would trust email+gpg more.