As Signal get your phone number. Can we considerate this application as private ? What's your thoughts about it ? I'm also using SimpleX, ElementX, Threema, but not much people using it...

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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (7 children)

You're equating giving my Mom my phone number with broadcasting my phone number on the Threadiverse?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Signal is a US-based entity subject to warrantless NSLs, with all the data hosted on AWS. Its not giving your phone number to your mom. Its giving your phone number to amazon and most likely a US surveillance government agency.

    For a threat model you should assume the worst and never trust any US-domiciled data service or platform.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The government already has every US citizens number anyways.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Its giving your phone number to amazon and most likely a US surveillance government agency

    Do you really think they don't already have my/your phone #?

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