Re:After Delhi High Court ruling, Telegram discloses persona...
by Gasp0de on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @08:29AM
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While Signal does require a phone number to register, they only know your phone number, your date of registration and the date of your phones last connection to signal's servers. Anyone requesting your information from them needs to provide your phone number, so any info they can get is account creation date and date of last connection.
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Re:After Delhi High Court ruling, Telegram discloses persona...
by aliqot on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @09:55AM
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Signal shouldn't ask for phone numbers. I don't give a shit what the justification is.
Re:After Delhi High Court ruling, Telegram discloses persona...
by Gasp0de on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @10:37AM
(#33788828)
If you want an anonymous messenger, Signal is not the product for you. If you want a secure messenger that doesn't (and can't) collect any data on your communication, and at the same time (due to the lack of anonymity) prevents spam, then Signal is the messenger for you.
Re:After Delhi High Court ruling, Telegram discloses persona...
by fmn on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @10:22AM
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Disagree
Re:After Delhi High Court ruling, Telegram discloses persona...
by hyperionplays on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @10:12AM
(#33788513)
Agree
Re:After Delhi High Court ruling, Telegram discloses persona...
by droopyEyelids on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @12:48PM
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what's up with constraints in general? Why are some things a requirement for other things? let's abolish this.
Re:After Delhi High Court ruling, Telegram discloses persona...
by para_parolu on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @10:01AM
(#33788397)
Phone number is enough to find who is behind it in most cases.
Re:After Delhi High Court ruling, Telegram discloses persona...
by Gasp0de on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @10:35AM
(#33788802)
Yes, Signal is not an anonymous messenger and it is not meant to be. It's a SECURE messenger, that will not reveal metadata or message contents. It DOES reveal who you are, which is intentional and important to prevent spam. Without that feature, Signal would be significantly less useful for me.
Re:After Delhi High Court ruling, Telegram discloses persona...
by afroboy on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @10:04AM
(#33788422)
Signal is more privacy than anonymous.
Re:After Delhi High Court ruling, Telegram discloses persona...
by MathMonkeyMan on Tuesday November 29, 2022 @03:27PM
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There is no difference.