meltedcheese comments on The # Signal App gets only a 9 out of 10 for # Privacy protection, and it's not just because it requires a phone number

The # Signal App gets only a 9 out of 10 for # Privacy protection, and it's not just because it requires a phone number (hear-me.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Jerry@hear-me.social to c/privacy@fedia.io

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The #Signal App gets only a 9 out of 10 for #Privacy protection, and it's not just because it requires a phone number."While most of Google’s analytics are turned off in the Signal app, it still uses the Google Maps API to handle location data. Calls to Google Maps turn over a bunch of metadata, including the IP you’re connecting from. For a project that’s so invested in privacy, it’s surprising that Signal doesn’t use an open source alternative such as Open Street Map."They call a Google API with location data and hand over the IP? Seriously?mozillafoundation.org/en/nothi#cybersecurity

[–] meltedcheese@c.im 1 point 1 year ago

@Jerry It is foolish to think that anything you do on the Internet is fully secure. There are only degrees of security, and you get what you pay for. If you are a person of interest, forget about personal electronic security. Signal and all the other apps are selling the hope of privacy, not actual privacy.

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