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SummerBreeze@monero.town 9 months agoI disagree. There are a variety of ways your data can be leaked. For example, the person you’re talking to can be using a Google stock phone or Microsoft windows which may collect data. If this was a random XMPP name, this would provide more protection than your real phone number. Furthermore, there are academic studies proving the metadata can be gotten. Please see this for more information: simplifiedprivacy.com/signal-messenger-guide-to-a…
Asudox@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Again, Signal is not supposed to be a anonymous messaging service. It is supposed to be a private one. You’re literally comparing a messaging protocol designed to be anonymous to a non-anonymous one. Sure, it would be great if XMPP was used overall, but unfortunately it isn’t. At least Signal developed a protocol that is starting to be pretty popular and is E2EE. You can use XMPP, but your average privacy user will use Signal over WhatsApp. Your argument literally is just about how XMPP is more anonymous than a protocol not even designed to be anonymous in the first place.