We have a anarchist reading group starting up on signal for anyone that is interested. We'll choose a text to read, then meet weekly to discuss it. If you're interested leave a comment with your signal info or send me a message

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[–] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)
  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago

    Nice try NSA.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    I'm interested. I'm already pretty active on Signal in anarchist adjacent groups.

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  • [–] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

    Please reconsider. You can join a group like that without giving away your phone number to a person you don't know, asking for it online. See relevant comment in this comment section.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I haven't given my phone number out to anyone in the groups I'm in. They sent a group link.

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  • [+] 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    They may see it if you have the privacy settings set to enable them to see your number. If you have the privacy settings set to hide your number, they will not see it.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    It looks like this is a new (to me) feature I was not aware of and this is why I deleted the comment you replied to.

    Since I consider this super important I would like to ask Smookey4444@anarchist.nexus to change the post description and ask for those who want to participate to follow the necessary steps as indicated by Signal (see here), before joining this group. Otherwise, it's a problematic situation on so many levels imo.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I am not happy about the amount of fedjacketing in this thread. Instead of calling users cops (as a joke), try better and provide information why joining Signal groups from anonymous users might involve some risk.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    What I found more suspect is that fact they use Signal to voice chat. Encrypted: Jami & Jitsi exist for this. Unencrypted: mumble, Jabber, and Discord.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    Is Signal invaded by mercan spies? Is this request just an attempt by the CIA, FBI and NSA to get anarchists to self identify?

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    I think Signal is still pretty ok. This is not a great argument in its favor, but I personally know several US contractors and govt employees that still use it for coordination, and they wouldn't use it if they thought it was compromised (even by the US govt). A backdoor for one group means a backdoor for everyone.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Maybe, but you need to give it your mobile phone number, which makes it easy to get your real identity and even track your location.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 10 months ago

    The reason it's on signal is because a lot of the people that use it aren't on lemmy at all. They come from mastodon and raddle and places like that. Also we usually discuss the texts over a voice call instead of just on a forum

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    Why signal? Seems sus to go offsite like such.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Because not everyone in the group is on this site. And also we're going to do a voice call to discuss it

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    I will repeat stuff that are already present in this conversation because I consider this super important.

    With Signal one has to share their phone number. Please don't share your phone number with random people you meet online.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    That is not entirely correct. It could happen that you share your phone number unintentionally and its good to make people aware of that possibility, but Signal allows you to join groups without revealing your phone number.

    More information on this here: https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/

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