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They probably require phone numbers to be able to comply with the three-letter government agencies requirements and their requests on specific people. Metadata
by zx8080 3y ago
They probably require phone numbers to be able to comply with the three-letter government agencies requirements and their requests on specific people. Metadata is specifically available "for free" (who calls/messages whom when).
- tonetegeatinst 3y agoSource?
- vdqtp3 3y ago> Metadata is specifically available "for free" (who calls/messages whom when). That's completely incorrect. Signal has only the following data (backed up by what they have provided when served warrants[1], and what internal FBI documents state about Signal[2]: Date and time a user registered. Last date of a user’s connectivity to the service. [1] https://signal.org/bigbrother/central-california-grand-jury/ https://signal.org/bigbrother/central-california-grand-jury/ [2] https://propertyofthepeople.org/document-detail/?doc-id=21114562 https://propertyofthepeople.org/document-detail/?doc-id=2111...
- collinmcnulty 3y agoThis is simply not true. Signal implements sealed sender so they don’t know who is talking to who.
- halJordan 3y agoSignal has released demands for information and what they provided in response to those demands. It's not a hard question, it's on their website. Don't let yourself be yet another conspiracy theorist.