Re:Twilio incident: What Signal users need to know
by rt4mn on Monday August 15, 2022 @01:41PM
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> It uses phone numbers because phones already have contact lists, stored clientside, keyed by those numbers.
This makes sense for contact discovery, which is important for normal people who just want a chat app that works.
But there are a very important segment of signal users, people with an elevated threat model, who I would be willing to bet a good portion of them would gladly sacrifice contact lists if it meant not having to share their phone number.
This makes sense for contact discovery, which is important for normal people who just want a chat app that works.
But there are a very important segment of signal users, people with an elevated threat model, who I would be willing to bet a good portion of them would gladly sacrifice contact lists if it meant not having to share their phone number.