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I helped an especially non-technical user install Signal and they didn't need my help at all. They were using it in a minute - download from the app store, tran

by mmooss 2y ago

I helped an especially non-technical user install Signal and they didn't need my help at all. They were using it in a minute - download from the app store, transcribe a code from a text message, and you're in - and it worked just like legacy text and phone. I'd tell them that - just download it and you'll be texting me in a minute, and now nobody is tracking everyone you talk to.

imglorp 2y ago
To be clear, someone will/can track WHO you talk to. Right?
- mmooss 2y ago
  My understanding is that they can/do on WhatsApp. On Signal, unless there is a some bug or outright fraud, afaik they cannot - that is one of their fundamental goals, and they did a lot of work to develop communication technology that worked without revealing that metadata. (Of course, if someone gets access to your phone, then they know who you are talking to.)
- seb1204 2y ago
  That kind of meta data is not stored by signal as far as I know. But yes, data stream between two end points can be linked to communicating with each other.