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out of the loop, what's the problem with signal? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Nuvalon@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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i've just seen a comment in a post, in this very community, saying people trust signal because of missinformation (from what i could undertand).

if this is true, then i have a few questions:

-what menssaging app should i use for secure communications? i need an app that balances simplicity and security.

-how to explain it to my friends who use signal because i recomended?

-what this means for other apps in general?

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[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Well, it’s 100% linked to your contacts in one way or another because when you install it Signal will happily alert you to which ones of your contacts are already using Signal. I can’t see how they could manage that without slurping up your contact information.

[–] darklamer@feddit.org 19 points 3 days ago

I can’t see how they could manage that without slurping up your contact information.

https://signal.org/blog/private-contact-discovery/

[–] drayva@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

AFAIK the client slurps up your contacts, but the E2E encryption ensures that the Signal server cannot actually see those.