Are you using Signal to conduct job interviews and work meetings?
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Are you using Signal to conduct job interviews and work meetings?
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange I have, yes. People who are security conscious either already have Signal or are willing to install and use it.
OTOH, I'm not happy at all that my account must be tied to a phone number. I've given up all uses of old fashioned phone numbers, and it's a shame that Signal has no way around that.
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange I have, yes. People who are security conscious either already have Signal or are willing to install and use it.
OTOH, I'm not happy at all that my account must be tied to a phone number. I've given up all uses of old fashioned phone numbers, and it's a shame that Signal has no way around that.
@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange @AnachronistJohn@zia.io that'd why I prefer threema. not tied to a phone number.
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@Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange I have, yes. People who are security conscious either already have Signal or are willing to install and use it.
OTOH, I'm not happy at all that my account must be tied to a phone number. I've given up all uses of old fashioned phone numbers, and it's a shame that Signal has no way around that.
@AnachronistJohn @Em0nM4stodon you can just create an ID and give that out instead of your phone number.
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@AnachronistJohn @Em0nM4stodon you can just create an ID and give that out instead of your phone number.
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@AnachronistJohn @minternational yes, with Signal you can use an alphanumeric ID instead of your phone number. I don't know if Signal still requires a phone number to sign up, but even if so it would just go to Signal and not everyone else.
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@AnachronistJohn @minternational yes, with Signal you can use an alphanumeric ID instead of your phone number. I don't know if Signal still requires a phone number to sign up, but even if so it would just go to Signal and not everyone else.
@jamesmarshall@sfba.social @minternational@mastodon.social You're required to have a phone number if you ever want to sign in using another device, or if you ever need to sign in again.
My laptop is signed in, and because I don't have the phone number I used to create the account, once I'm signed out, that's it - I'm signed out for good. There's apparently no way around this at all, and the idea that Signal is supposed to care about security yet is still intimately tied to a wholly broken system is just strange and backwards.
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@AnachronistJohn @Em0nM4stodon you can just create an ID and give that out instead of your phone number.
@minternational@mastodon.social @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange I'm talking about needing a phone number to do anything with a Signal account (create one, sign in).
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@Em0nM4stodon I don't want an account tied to my personal phone and personal communications mixed up with work stuff. Also subject to employer surveillance if you then install the client on a work computer and add the device.
This is a hard no for me.
