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submitted 3 months ago by gytrash@feddit.uk to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

"Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia. The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying to avoid government censorship, and the blocks appear to be part of a crackdown on internal dissent in both countries..."

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[-] ivn@jlai.lu -1 points 2 months ago

You don't need the phone number to contact someone with Signal.

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago

Wrong, you need a phone number to create a signal account.

[-] ivn@jlai.lu -1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, to create an account, but not to contact someone. You have an habit of being off the mark.

Also there is a difference between giving your phone number to some service and giving it to some random on the internet.

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

They must've added that recently then, but still doesn't get around the fact that they're required, which means signal (and likely the US government) knows exactly who you talk to and when.

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