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gamma@programming.dev 1 year agoIt requires a phone number to log in. That already kills any hope for anonymity. I use it to message family and close friends, of which the fact that I’m messaging them is not surprising.
ninchuka@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Where did signal ever advertise it’s too be used anonymously
DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 1 year ago
I think the commenter you’re replying to is supporting the point made further up. People aren’t using Signal for anonymity, because that’s not it’s advertised purpose. As we all (except the author of this article) know, its purpose is privacy.
jack@monero.town 1 year ago
Lol, privacy is definetely not what you’re getting with Signal. They know your entire connection graph, who you talk to, when and how much. They collect all of the phone numbers.
DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.com 1 year ago
Privacy and anonymity are different things.
The post office knows who I am, my address, and who sends mail to me. They even know who I send mail to, if I write my return sender details on the envelope. I am not anonymous.
But, if the person we use ciphers to encrypt our letters, and only the two of us can decrypt and read them, our communications can indeed be considered private.
There’s a fundamental difference.