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About Signal's privacy policy (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by bitahcold@lemmy.world to c/signal@lemmy.ml
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"Third Parties. We work with third parties to provide some of our Services. For example, our Third-Party Providers send a verification code to your phone number when you register for our Services. These providers are bound by their Privacy Policies to safeguard that information. If you use other Third-Party Services like YouTube, Spotify, Giphy, etc. in connection with our Services, their Terms and Privacy Policies govern your use of those services."

We work with third parties to provide some of our Services.

What type of Services? And do Signal use our contacts or something private like that for third-parties?

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[–] Amaterasu@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

No. Signal doesn't have Google service dependencies. Although, you have other problem here that you probably heard before, using a Samsung phone "de-Googled" won't make you free from Google. You should check if possible to get an Pixel with GrapheneOS.

[–] bitahcold@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Thanks for reply. I know I can't be totally free from Google. I mean de-Googled as the packages and direct services. My phone model is don't compatible with popular Custom ROMs like Graphene, Lineage, Calyx and /e/ etc. And don't want to use unofficial ones. I mind buying a compatible phone or Pixel. Thanks for advice. Goodbye.

[–] dabu@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Signal does have dependencies on Google as they are required to handle push notifications on Android (without constant background usage)

[–] Amaterasu@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, there is that. I don't have push notifications on for Signal and actually for any app