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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by NikolaNovak on Friday February 14, 2020 @03:39PM (#22330163)
I don't believe it's "SIM as ID" - I believe it's SIM as complete authentication (i.e. userID+password in traditional systems).

(I have my thoughts on THAT as well, you'll be surprised, when it comes to security... we're nerding out about obtuse and obscure end-to-end encryption, meanwhile, majority of those 2bil users don't have a lock on their phone, and now they also have no protection on their messaging :-/ )

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Re:Signal is finally bringing its secure messaging to the ma... by TheSpiceIsLife on Friday February 14, 2020 @05:04PM (#22330869)
> majority of those 2bil users don't have a lock on their phone, and now they also have no protection on their messaging

They still have in-transit protection due to end-to-end encryption, so no protection isn't necessarily true.

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