Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting Signal Messenger

Re:Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting ... by mmooss on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @01:56PM (#43105891)

I helped an especially non-technical user install Signal and they didn't need my help at all. They were using it in a minute - download from the app store, transcribe a code from a text message, and you're in - and it worked just like legacy text and phone.

I'd tell them that - just download it and you'll be texting me in a minute, and now nobody is tracking everyone you talk to.

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Re:Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting ... by imglorp on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @02:02PM (#43105983)

To be clear, someone will/can track WHO you talk to. Right?

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Re:Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting ... by mmooss on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @03:05PM (#43106857)

My understanding is that they can/do on WhatsApp.

On Signal, unless there is a some bug or outright fraud, afaik they cannot - that is one of their fundamental goals, and they did a lot of work to develop communication technology that worked without revealing that metadata.

(Of course, if someone gets access to your phone, then they know who you are talking to.)

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Re:Multiple Russia-aligned threat actors actively targeting ... by seb1204 on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @04:27PM (#43107935)

That kind of meta data is not stored by signal as far as I know. But yes, data stream between two end points can be linked to communicating with each other.

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