Comment on Under Meredith Whittaker, Signal Is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong

• Neon@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You need to enter your Signal Pin, otherwise you will get removed from all groups etc

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sure, and I think that would send a message to all of your contacts that a new account is using that number, but I’m honestly not sure. If you have an active account (i.e. on a desktop or something), I think you can just change your number if that happens (i.e. get another temp number).

  It’s certainly more convenient if you use a longer-term number, but I think it’s feasible with a throwaway number. Once your account is set up, Signal doesn’t need your number for anything if you disable publishing that.

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  • vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It does send a “your safety number has been updated with user” message. But not as an automated message. Only when a new signal thread is started.

    Haven’t tried when only logged in to desktop and changing devices / numbers so I can’t speak to that.

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