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> It also used to require sharing phone numbers to add contacts, which imo is already a privacy violation. https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-userna
by nobita 2y ago
> It also used to require sharing phone numbers to add contacts, which imo is already a privacy violation.
https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/ https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
Signal doesn't require sharing of phone numbers
- zuhsetaqi 2y ago> Signal doesn't require sharing of phone numbers It does require a phone number to create an account. That’s the reason I do not consider it being private because at least in Germany a phone number can only be activated by using a personal ID card which it is connected to.
- StrLght 2y agoPrivate and anonymous are two very different things
- bigbacaloa 2y ago[dead]
- zuhsetaqi 2y ago> Private and anonymous are two very different things They’re going hand in hand as soon as there’s a data breach or a back door