One is a messenger the other is using the e-mail protocols, aren't there differences in how the metadata is possible to be encrypted between those too. Just wonder if this is a fair comparison.

[–] not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone -4 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

both could log ip addresses and payment info, meta infos like who you message with, both do key management, only saves this stuff and then has to give it to the feds

[–] darkstar@sh.itjust.works 4 points 14 hours ago

I work in digital forensics specifically with emails, and this is not how the email protocol works

Signal and email are 2 different things, completely different

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 25 points 23 hours ago

Email headers need to be unencrypted, unless they had a proprietary "almost like email but not interoperable" protocol. Signal doesn't have payment info for most users because it's free to use, but for donations they need to store payment data too.

[–] artyom@piefed.social -2 points 21 hours ago

Yes, both can, but both are not necessary, only 1 is.