Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
  • ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    They require identifiable information on sign-up, log it permanently.

    you no longer need a phone number to sign up (the only identifiable info they USED to require, and they don’t log it forever.

    and they will and do happily provide it upon police request.

    nope.

    Even if they don’t provide direct access to your conversations (questionable at this point),

    they literally can’t. it’s encrypted, open source, and the code has passed peer review many times.

    should a corrupt government get ahold of them, they are only one or two steps from putting your name on them.

    you are imagining shit.

    • Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      you no longer need a phone number to sign up

      My comment may have been a mistaken identity with Telegram, but you only have to download the app to see that this isn’t true.

      Signal app initial setup, requiring a phone number with no way to skip the use thereof.

    • Ganbat@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      21·
      1 day ago

      you no longer need a phone number to sign up

      My comment may have been a mistaken identity with Telegram, but you only have to download Signal to see that it still requires a phone number.

      • ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        1 day ago

        you can use a secondary or virtual number to keep your primary number private, ALL other services require a real phone number
        signal is literally the best option, even the Secretary of War uses it for war plans… and that was only leaked because he added a leak to the group chat.
        same thing happened here.