Re:Signal app downloads spike as US protesters seek message ...
by computerfriend on Friday June 05, 2020 @06:15AM
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Do you have a source for the claim that this has happened at protests in Hong Kong? I haven't heard of anyone being arrested here on the basis that they had Signal installed.
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Re:Signal app downloads spike as US protesters seek message ...
by izacus on Friday June 05, 2020 @06:31AM
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They got arrested by association. Signal chat group is such an association, just like other chat groups are. Except that Signal guarantees to give out your phone number (and by extension location and personal address) to every single person in a chat group.
There have been lynchings in India based on this kind of data leaked by WhatsApp which resulted in them finally allowing joining groups anonymously.