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Is Signal messaging really private? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by harfang@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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As Signal get your phone number. Can we considerate this application as private ? What's your thoughts about it ? I'm also using SimpleX, ElementX, Threema, but not much people using it...

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[–] msherburn33@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

OK, well buy a burner SIM card

Illegal in many countries. SIM cards are attached to your real world identity.

[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago

And we shouldn't depend on such archaic highly centralized technology like phone numbers from techinical perspective either, it is only like this because it is deeply entrenched and a very easily a suprisingly reliable form of identification and deanomization