Signal – An Ethical Replacement for WhatsApp

Re:Signal – An Ethical Replacement for WhatsApp by reconnecting on Saturday June 21, 2025 @02:59AM (#44335240)

Perhaps Signal is famous for its encryption, but what is related to handling information about yourself is handled below any expectations, and you can check this yourself by reading the following document.

https://signal.org/legal/

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Re:Signal – An Ethical Replacement for WhatsApp by redrblackr on Saturday June 21, 2025 @03:51AM (#44335585)

Clarify what you see there that makes it below any expectations?

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Re:Signal – An Ethical Replacement for WhatsApp by reconnecting on Saturday June 21, 2025 @03:56AM (#44335602)

1. There is no list of service providers with whom they share personal user data.

2. The privacy terms themselves were updated 7 years ago, which is impossible for any company operating on the internet.

It's just impossible to claim to be famous for privacy and occasionally forget to update how you handle privacy for 7 years.

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Re:Signal – An Ethical Replacement for WhatsApp by akaij on Sunday June 22, 2025 @10:13PM (#44351938)

1. I’ll give you one guess why that is.

2. It is possible, and you better believe it. They haven’t updated it, because there is no need for it.

Signal is simply not interested in your messages. It’s also not interested in your metadata, because it’s not an ad platform or a SIGINT front masquerading as a free messaging service.

If all this sounds hard to believe, you should donate.

(I’m not affiliated)

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Re:Signal – An Ethical Replacement for WhatsApp by reconnecting on Monday June 23, 2025 @04:41AM (#44353631)

This threat is not about messages.

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