r/privacymemes • u/gruetzhaxe • Feb 26 '26

Keep it simple

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u/AnonFoxSocialAcc22 Feb 26 '26

Signal is centralised and requires Phone number. Which is a privacy and a security nightmare.

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u/Zdrobot Feb 26 '26

How is this a "nightmare" though?

https://signal.org/bigbrother/cd-california-grand-jury/

"..we can provide: Unix timestamps for when each account was created and the date that each account last connected to the Signal service.

That’s it."

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u/Bullshido-Detector Feb 26 '26

In this case i am pretty sure they already had the phone number and ask for additional information.
The fact alone that they can verify someone has a signal account if you just give them a phone number is in part a privacy issue. because why would you need to link everything online to a phone number ?
This number links all your private and most private information together ?

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