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Re:I don't trust Signal by tekromancr on Thursday August 09, 2018 @10:55AM (#17724692)
Can you elaborate? I just set it up on a new phone yesterday and all it asked for on mine was; contacts (makes sense) files (to send pictures, files, etc) receive and send texts (if you want it as your default texting app/validating phone number via sms) Access to camera and microphone (for calls and in app photography)

These all seem like reasonable permissions for the features available.

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Re:I don't trust Signal by staticautomatic on Thursday August 09, 2018 @12:18PM (#17725536)
Is sharing your contacts mandatory in Signal? I don't use WhatsApp because I can't without sharing them.
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Re:I don't trust Signal by Angostura on Thursday August 09, 2018 @04:00PM (#17727962)
No. That’s the primary reason I use Signal rather than WhatsApp. With Signal, you just need to give it the contacts that you want to chat with vua Signal.
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Re:I don't trust Signal by soperj on Thursday August 09, 2018 @04:05PM (#17727988)
no, it isn't.
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