Signal v7.0.0 with phone number privacy

Re:Signal v7.0.0 with phone number privacy by zx8080 on Saturday February 17, 2024 @06:23PM (#39414520)

They probably require phone numbers to be able to comply with the three-letter government agencies requirements and their requests on specific people. Metadata is specifically available "for free" (who calls/messages whom when).

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Re:Signal v7.0.0 with phone number privacy by tonetegeatinst on Saturday February 17, 2024 @08:30PM (#39415262)

Source?

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Re:Signal v7.0.0 with phone number privacy by vdqtp3 on Saturday February 17, 2024 @09:10PM (#39415472)

> Metadata is specifically available "for free" (who calls/messages whom when).

That's completely incorrect. Signal has only the following data (backed up by what they have provided when served warrants[1], and what internal FBI documents state about Signal[2]:

    Date and time a user registered.
    Last date of a user’s connectivity to the service.

[1] https://signal.org/bigbrother/central-california-grand-jury/

[2] https://propertyofthepeople.org/document-detail/?doc-id=2111...

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Re:Signal v7.0.0 with phone number privacy by collinmcnulty on Saturday February 17, 2024 @09:16PM (#39415507)

This is simply not true. Signal implements sealed sender so they don’t know who is talking to who.

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Re:Signal v7.0.0 with phone number privacy by halJordan on Saturday February 17, 2024 @10:19PM (#39415860)

Signal has released demands for information and what they provided in response to those demands. It's not a hard question, it's on their website. Don't let yourself be yet another conspiracy theorist.

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