monk@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-222 hours agoWe have a group in Signal dedicated to privacy, FOSS, deGoogling, etc. If anyone is interested, you are welcome to join.lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1121arrow-down1imageWe have a group in Signal dedicated to privacy, FOSS, deGoogling, etc. If anyone is interested, you are welcome to join.lemmy.dbzer0.commonk@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-222 hours agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·42 minutes agoBecause you can’t have privacy if a company asks for your phone number.
minus-square5dh@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·27 minutes agoDepends, who do you want to shield what information from? Signal knows all of their users’ phone numbers. You can hide it from other Signal users. All depends on your threat model.
minus-squareoddsignal@eviltoast.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 minutes agoBurner numbers are pretty easy to come by…
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·25 minutes agoNot for everyone. Check your privilege.
Why not?
Because you can’t have privacy if a company asks for your phone number.
Depends, who do you want to shield what information from? Signal knows all of their users’ phone numbers. You can hide it from other Signal users. All depends on your threat model.
The NSA
Burner numbers are pretty easy to come by…
Not for everyone. Check your privilege.