“When you use Signal, your data is stored in encrypted form on your devices. The only information that is stored on the Signal servers for each account is the phone number you registered with, the date and time you joined the service, and the date you last logged on.”
This isn’t an ad, I wasn’t paid for this post. Just to clear the air: fuck facebook, fuck elon musk and twitter, fuck anyone who thinks this is a paid advertisement. I wish I was paid for this shit, I just wanted to spread the word. Thank you. 😀 👍
Do they still require your phone number to sign up?
Yep.
That sucks imho
Yeah, I don’t really get why they can’t make that optional. Session and SimpleX are running just fine with no phone numbers, so I don’t think that’s a technical problem. If Signal wasn’t audited and recommended by tons of privsec enthusiasts and experts, I would have believed it’s a honeypot