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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by revicon on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @02:36PM (#39445845)
Whatsapp message content can be pulled via a subpoena along with a lot of other private data. Signal's can not.

FBI doc on what messaging apps can provide via subpoena pulled by a FOIA request...

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

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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by godelski on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @03:51PM (#39446732)
I think this link is better

https://signal.org/bigbrother/

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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by arp242 on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @03:37PM (#39446569)
> Whatsapp message content can be pulled via a subpoena along with a lot of other private data. Signal's can not.

Your own link does not say that. At all. It directly disputes that.

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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by rmgk on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @02:56PM (#39446095)
That link says for WhatsApp:

> Message Content: Limited*

> * If target is using an iPhone and iCloud backups enabled, iCloud returns may include WhatsApp data, to include message content

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