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