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Signal’s founder warns Ukrainians about using Telegram. Here’s why (www.fastcompany.com)

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[–] Hawke 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Signal no longer requires a phone number either.

[–] doodledup 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It does. You can share your username with others. But for registering it still requires one and your account is still linked to one.

[–] Hawke 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, that’s true but it barely affects anonymity.

All that can be determined from that is that the number in question has a signal account, and how recently the account has checked for messages. It doesn’t tie messages or contacts to the number. (Any more)