Dr. Hax on Nostr: I can confirm that answer #1 is correct. If you post your username, people can figure ...
I can confirm that answer #1 is correct.
If you post your username, people can figure out your phone number with the default settings. Turn off the ability to contact you by phone number to close that privacy problem.
Signal is better than SMS. 💯
Having said that, I don't like that they still collect everyone's phone number in a huge centralized database, are hostile toward any other clients, don't let you connect to another Signal server, don't have any documentation on how to run your own server (last time I tried, the server software wouldn't compile/run), intentionally block the completely open source fork of Signal (Signal FOSS) from the F-Droid app store, waited years to fix security issues with their desktop client, and a number of other things.
Part of my problem is that I have used them since it was called TextSecure and so I was used to them making cypherpunk choices instead of "gain market share" choices. Don't get me wrong, I still use Signal. It's just not my first choice.
If you post your username, people can figure out your phone number with the default settings. Turn off the ability to contact you by phone number to close that privacy problem.
Signal is better than SMS. 💯
Having said that, I don't like that they still collect everyone's phone number in a huge centralized database, are hostile toward any other clients, don't let you connect to another Signal server, don't have any documentation on how to run your own server (last time I tried, the server software wouldn't compile/run), intentionally block the completely open source fork of Signal (Signal FOSS) from the F-Droid app store, waited years to fix security issues with their desktop client, and a number of other things.
Part of my problem is that I have used them since it was called TextSecure and so I was used to them making cypherpunk choices instead of "gain market share" choices. Don't get me wrong, I still use Signal. It's just not my first choice.