CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@izby @signalapp I don't really care what happens to them since I rarely use them. It would be better for everyone if the 3B people on WhatsApp and billion on Telegram also used Signal, but that's not currently the case.

WhatsApp has been Zucked since 2016. Constantly screaming about how private and secure it is while not being open-source means it's probably not secure or private, and even more so when it's a Facebook product.

Everything you do on Telegram is stored in plaintext by default on Telegram's servers, it has a long history of sketchy security, was created by a Russian billionaire, and has been banned, unbanned, and could be banned again in Russia. There was a report in October last year that Telegram is very likely an FSB Honeypot: https://rys.io/en/179.html#:~:text=The%20assumption%20seems%20to%20have%20always%20been,this%20is%20much%20less%20of%20a%20consideration.

I have WhatsApp and Telegram, but I don't do much on either but lurk in sports channels.

This is why I stick to Signal for all my communication. They don't have data to hand over because they don't collect it: https://signal.org/bigbrother/

@starraven @signalapp They can't get contacts without also phishing your Signal PIN. And they can't get message history without also phishing your cloud backup key.

@levi @signalapp @session You can disable discoverability by phone number and create a username since 2 years ago: https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/6712070553754-Phone-Number-Privacy-and-Usernames#pnp

@ohir @signalapp No need to detach from a phone number. Just turn off discoverability by phone number: https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/6712070553754-Phone-Number-Privacy-and-Usernames#pnp

@DekOfTheYautja @signalapp Or just turn off phone number discoverability and never get a spam message again: https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/6712070553754-Phone-Number-Privacy-and-Usernames#pnp

@scathach @signalapp You can just turn off discovery by phone number and never get a spam message again: https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/6712070553754-Phone-Number-Privacy-and-Usernames#pnp

@Lizette603_23 @signalapp Will you offer any proof for a reason why or just leave it ambiguous to sew distrust in the most secure and private app available?

@tedstechtips @patricus @signalapp Or cloud backup: https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/9708267671322-Signal-Secure-Backups

@rbairwell @signalapp It's not always a new phone. Just a few months ago I purged Signal from my phone before going through CBP on my way back from an international trip, then put it back on the same phone.

@leoschuldiner23 @gettie @kkarhan It depends. I have 5 phone numbers all used for different purposes.

@gettie @kkarhan Or hide your phone number, and create and share a username. Signal's had usernames for a couple years: https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/6712070553754-Phone-Number-Privacy-and-Usernames

@izby @signalapp Email registration would turn Signal into a spam and bot cesspool like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram etc.

@alice There's a typo in point 1. Surveillance is misspelled.

@taylorlorenz “Body cameras can help de-escalate conflicts, ultimately contributing to a safer environment for everyone."

They thought the same thing about police body cams, but cops still murder people in the street every day. I'll be avoiding Walgreen's as much as possible.