Weird-ass thing to get on your high horse about. If you’re so concerned about phone numbers, get a burner and a sim card with cash. Or, you know, use a communication method designed with anonymity in mind.
Would it be better to have anonymous sign up? Sure. But if you’re on a Google or apple device and got Signal from the first party store, your app usage is probably already enough to fingerprint you.
Signal was never about anonymous chat, it’s built for secure e2e chat between known parties. If you have a different threat model then there’s other options for you.
As I said, I was mistaking Signal for Telegram, who had made a big deal about how their platform is used by people who were fighting for their freedom in the same breath that they said they would kowtow to any legal subpoena.
Weird-ass thing to get on your high horse about. If you’re so concerned about phone numbers, get a burner and a sim card with cash. Or, you know, use a communication method designed with anonymity in mind.
Would it be better to have anonymous sign up? Sure. But if you’re on a Google or apple device and got Signal from the first party store, your app usage is probably already enough to fingerprint you.
Signal was never about anonymous chat, it’s built for secure e2e chat between known parties. If you have a different threat model then there’s other options for you.
As I said, I was mistaking Signal for Telegram, who had made a big deal about how their platform is used by people who were fighting for their freedom in the same breath that they said they would kowtow to any legal subpoena.