- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.zip
- privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- cross-posted to:
- technology@lemmy.zip
- privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Signal defaults to hiding your phone number since the release of user names: https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
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Your profile, like everything else on Signal, is also end-to-end encrypted. Your name and profile picture do get shared with whoever you chat with, groups or individuals. If you don’t want your name and profile picture shared with randos, either don’t set them or don’t chat with randos.
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But they must still have your phone number and associate it with your username. So it would still be easy for a government organization to force Signal to give up the identities of all people who join a group.
Wrong. Signal servers don’t know of group members.
Really? That’s interesting. But the group membership list must be persisted somewhere, no? Otherwise, you wouldn’t know where to send and receive messages. So where is it persisted then?
And also, how would you add someone to a group? When you add a new user to a group, would he be able to view all previous messages? Is it possible for this to scale to, say, a thousand or a million users?
They can’t get your username from your phone number (but they can b’get your phone number from your username)
settings > privacy > phone number > who can see my number > nobody
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No requirement to have your legal name in Signal. Though, I do wish it was possible to set a different name for group chats though. Happy to use my real name with friends and family, but would prefer an alias for group chats.
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Maybe I’m just weird, but basically nothing I do in an online capacity traces back to my IRL identity. (I do maintain a linked in for professional purposes.)
I haven’t used the groups, but I know you CAN opt to use usernames now.
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I mean, if you’re using your name as your username, you can’t really complain that Signal doesn’t let you be private. That’s on you.
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Or you could…you know… NOT use your name as your screen name. That’s like buying a hammer and complaining that the nail remover side isn’t efficient at removing screws. Well…yeah. You’re not meant to use it that way.
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And if you read what I said, YOU’RE USING IT FOR THE WRONG PURPOSES!!!
Signal, yes…
Or snikket (xmpp).
Or delta chat (email).
The three are good.
Simple-X ? GNU-Jami ?
I wish Signal had an option to create forums. With forum Like ui with threads its easier to organize things and keep up with projects over long periods of time.
For those that want more security:
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what’s the security issue about simplex??
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Let’s stay in touch! I’m on Signal. Just text me on Telegram. I’ve got Whatsapp with ads. I’m literally on Snapchat. You can probably find me on Kik. Dude text me on Matrix. It’s a Wechat feature. I’m on Simplex. You can text me on Simplex. You can go to Simplex and text me. Log onto Simplex right now. Go to Simplex. Dive into Simplex. You can Simplex me. I’m on Simplex. Simplex has it for you. Simplex has it for you.
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