3 ms·
WhatsApp is from Meta, and I'm not keen to leap straight back into their clutches. I kind of assume it will end up as infested with adverts as the Facebook one?
by dcminter 3y ago
WhatsApp is from Meta, and I'm not keen to leap straight back into their clutches. I kind of assume it will end up as infested with adverts as the Facebook one? But perhaps there's reason to doubt that?
Signal uses 'phone numbers for the identifier which I'm (perhaps weirdly) reluctant to deal with.
- smt88 3y agoWhy does the phone number thing bother you? You're far less anonymous with any other messenger because they centralize metadata about you. Signal is private, not anonymous. The only info someone can get from Signal, even if they have your phone, is "a person with this phone number uses Signal". That shouldn't be particularly sensitive info in most countries.
- dcminter 3y agoThe lack of anonymity doesn't bother me at all. More the dance one has to do if one changes phone or phone number, combined with the fact that a phone number is not a very ergonomic thing to give out as a contact detail. I'm not ruling Signal out, though.