Using Signal groups for activism
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If you join a large WhatsApp group, anyone in that group will have everyone else's phone number, and they can use that to learn far more about everyone's identities.
Does it not give away your identity when you join a Signal group?
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If you join a large WhatsApp group, anyone in that group will have everyone else's phone number, and they can use that to learn far more about everyone's identities.
Does it not give away your identity when you join a Signal group?
I haven't used the groups, but I know you CAN opt to use usernames now.
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If you join a large WhatsApp group, anyone in that group will have everyone else's phone number, and they can use that to learn far more about everyone's identities.
Does it not give away your identity when you join a Signal group?
settings > privacy > phone number > who can see my number > nobody
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If you join a large WhatsApp group, anyone in that group will have everyone else's phone number, and they can use that to learn far more about everyone's identities.
Does it not give away your identity when you join a Signal group?
Signal defaults to hiding your phone number since the release of user names: https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
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settings > privacy > phone number > who can see my number > nobody
Not worried about my phone number so much as my legal name...
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Signal defaults to hiding your phone number since the release of user names: https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
Not worried about my phone number, I'm more worried about my profile.
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For those that want more security:
SimpleX Chat: private and secure messenger without any user IDs (not even random)
SimpleX Chat - a private and encrypted messenger without any user IDs (not even random ones)! Make a private connection via link / QR code to send messages and make calls.
(simplex.chat)
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Not worried about my phone number so much as my legal name...
Maybe I'm just weird, but basically nothing I do in an online capacity traces back to my IRL identity. (I do maintain a linked in for professional purposes.)
