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How much personal information Signal does or does not reveal to other Signal users is not relevant to this conversation.
Then why did you bring it into the discussion?
I didn’t.
This conversation is about the the US security state. It’s about the CIA, NSA, FBI, etc.
LOL you did. The title of the link you shared is “signal leaks your phone number to everyone in your contacts”.
I didn’t say that. You must be confusing me with someone else in this thread. But since you brought it up: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2017/03/signal-leaks-your-phone-number-to-everyone-in-your-contacts/
But I’m more concerned about the security state angle.
Edit to add: I see, yes, one of the links I posted did say that, which I highlighted above. But again I’m more interested in the fact that Signal is a product of Radio Free Asia, which is a US security state outfit. https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/analysis/signal-facing-collapse-after-cia-cuts-funding
…who are you trying to fool? It’s there for everyone to see…?
As I already stated, this is incorrect. It’s not how it works. And after publishing such obviously incorrect information, I wouldn’t trust anything they said.
If you’re going to continue denying our lived experiences with Signal, why should we allow you continue commenting on our Lemmy instance?
Okay, so you are saying that now…? I honestly don’t know how you expect anyone to take you seriously at this point.
I’m not denying your experience, I’m denying your interpretation of your experience. You don’t get a special version of the app that’s different from ours. They all work the same.
As I explained above, what you may have interpreted as Signal sharing your contact info was actually just Signal notifying all of the people that already have your contact information that you joined the service, using the information those people already have…
Given than I deleted Signal years ago now, I don’t much care about this phone number sharing/not sharing aspect.
But in case anyone does care, Moxie responded to jwz’s concerns in that ancient post: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2017/03/signal-leaks-your-phone-number-to-everyone-in-your-contacts/#comment-172865