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> they gave them all that had: the unix timestamp of when the account was created, and the last date you connected to the signal service. I'm confused. Signal
by jjav 2y ago
> they gave them all that had: the unix timestamp of when the account was created, and the last date you connected to the signal service.
I'm confused. Signal also has your phone number because they require it, that's the primary privacy criticism against Signal.
- smarek22 2y agoI believe they have your phone number hashed not in plaintext, also they rolled in usernames recently and option to not expose your phone number to anyone, which addressed privacy concerns
- jjav 2y agoI don't know how they store phone numbers, but hopefully not hashed since the search space is trivially tiny. The usernames thing does not address any interesting concern. I don't care to show my friends who I chat with my name and phone. They already know these after all. What I care about is not having to give Signal (the company) my phone number. That's not something they should have.