Re:Signal Technology Foundation is now open for donations
by dbrgn on Thursday October 24, 2019 @07:43PM
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Maybe for a secure messenger, but for a private one? It bugs me that I need to share my phone number with people that I want to contact on Signal, especially since Signal claims to focus on privacy. A private messenger should be usable anonymously, shouldn't it?
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Re:Signal Technology Foundation is now open for donations
by oil25 on Friday October 25, 2019 @01:03AM
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> A private messenger should be usable anonymously, shouldn't it?
It would make a good feature, but anonymity is not a requirement for privacy. I want my connection to the bank's website to be private, but there's no need for it to be anonymous. Signal offers a lot of advantage over traditional SMS with familiar usability. It doesn't perfectly solve everyone's threat model for privacy and anonymity, and doesn't have to.