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Meta gave Netflix and Spotify access to users private messages
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this post was submitted on 28 Mar 2024
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If you want private messaging - use Signal.
If you use any kind of messaging on commercial platforms, expect immediate loss of privacy. They call them "direct" messages for a reason.
Good luck being private when your phone number is attached to all your messages. I'll see you on Wire.
here's your daily reminder not to conflate privacy with anonymity.
It was fixed a month ago https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
No. That doesn't eliminate the need to use a phone number! It's just 'hidden'.
That's not the point. It was statet that each message is associated with the number. But it isn't. The only way to achieve this in Signal is getting into your phone.
Wow you don't know how to read.
Phone numbers are still required and Signal got a lot of shit for it.
But are they still attached to messages?
Or SimpleX
Something something Privacy vs. Anonymity. But I invite you to try. Good luck getting into my phone!
Man sitting at library table: tap tap tap tap tap
Couple behind him: starts arguing violently, creating massive distraction
Man at table:
Let me know how that Killswitch on your phone works, hope you configured the power button shutdown press time from the default 10 seconds to 2 seconds, because SWAT can throw a flash bang through your window and have their boot on your neck before you're able to navigate the shutdown screen.
Note: I am in no way siding with any government agency, only stressing that they know about encryption, and their goal is to get you on the ground before you have a chance to shut your phone off. Even if you do manage to turn it off in time, hopefully your phone has the latest and greatest in anti-coldboot technology. I don't know that GrapheneOS or any security mods wipe RAM.
Oh boy. Some of you people watch too many movies.
Let's get some basic stuff established:
But sure. I'll give you this: If your threat model is dodging SWAT team flashbangs, I doubt using Signal is much use to you at that point. That just wasn't what this thread was talking about.
That's what I was referring to. I'm glad you live in a country where that scenario seems movie-like but I live in the land of the free.
Which was a response to this
Yeah I went overboard.