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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by op00to on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @09:20PM (#39449467)
If you are worried of an adversary that is using numerical analysis on the frequency of messages to somehow undermine you, I’d recommend not using a smartphone or internet connected device. And perhaps medication.
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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by miramba on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @11:33PM (#39450188)
Good to hear that you have nothing to hide, comrade.
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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by op00to on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @06:58AM (#39452769)
We don’t insult each other here. Take the cheap potshots to Reddit.

Why worry about nation-state level attacks when you can simply be hit over the head with a mallet until you give up your password?

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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by Geisterde on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @07:17AM (#39452900)
>And perhaps medication

We don’t insult each other here. Take the cheap potshots to Reddit.

>Why worry about nation-state level attacks when you can simply be hit over the head with a mallet until you give up your password?

Yes, that would be the point of obfuscation, as opposed to just encryption. End to end encryption does not prevent the $5 wrench attack, obfuscation does.

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