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…
Cheers
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…
Cheers
people will still expect you to share phone numbers to talk in signal in my personal experience, I really don’t understand how they get so attached to such an archaic technology and often will refuse to use the alias system completely because remembering a random string of numbers is “simpler” somehow
hey furry toaster
Its very frustrating.
People are very odd when it comes to privacy and tech in general.
I have convinced half my friends to move from text messaging to signal and encrypted email but the other half totally refuse. Some have even changed to SimpleX chat and others to conversations.
I have explained to them how, just having my phone number in their contacts list, is hoovered up by all the other apps on their phones.
I tell them I use opencontacts because I respect their privacy, and that I do not share their phone numbers with any apps, so they should respect my privacy too. which they dont.
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/opencontacts.open.com.opencontacts/
I put my foot down and say that I refuse to contact them or reply to any message they send, unless it is encrypted.
I also tell them to delete my number from their phones because I will not reply to them if they use my phone number.
they still cling on to gmail and the old text messages and dont bother messaging me at all.
very odd people.