Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cryptocurrency

Re:Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cry... by codethief on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @04:21AM (#26721810)

For contact discovery, AFAIK no[0].

For everything else: Yes, by setting a randomized long Signal PIN since SGX is effectively used to add entropy to Signal PINs[1]. You can also disable Signal PINs – in this case Signal will simply set a randomized long PIN for you.

[0]: https://signal.org/blog/private-contact-discovery/

[1]: https://signal.org/blog/secure-value-recovery/

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Re:Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cry... by AlexCoventry on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @10:47AM (#26725713)

Thanks!

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