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davel@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month ago

JWZ weighs in on Signal again

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JWZ weighs in on Signal again

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davel@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month ago
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Because of the ongoing fucktastrophe, the cries of "Use SIGNAL!" are constant and unavoidable. And I get it, it may be the least-bad option in a sea of terrible options. If, that is, you choose to ignore the advice of "don't use your phone for that shit" (the Stringer Bell Rule). But out of curiosity, because I haven't been keeping up, has the Signal Corporation addressed: The fact that they ...

JWZ previously:

  • https://www.jwz.org/blog/2018/08/signal/
  • https://www.jwz.org/blog/2017/03/signal-leaks-your-phone-number-to-everyone-in-your-contacts/

See also: Why not Signal?

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    yeah you can only use one device at a time because simplex doesn’t have accounts, just devices. but you can make another account per device and add them to your chats

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      🤔

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        yeah it’s annoying, but they’re pretty committed to the no user id thing

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