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How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism (www.wired.com)
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[โ€“] Paradox@lemdro.id -2 points 1 year ago (10 children)

The fact that signal uses phone numbers as it's primary identifier seriously undermines their privacy claims. AIM with both parties using OMEMO was more private and secure

[โ€“] chickenwing@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's why I use matrix. No phone number.

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