The protocol doesn’t really matter when you send encrypted messages over it like Delta Chat. Signal is not private nor decentralized and SimpleX doesn’t have encrypted group chats last time I tried
You are confusing privacy with anonymity. You aren’t anonymous because your user is linked to a phone number, but your communications are private due to how their encryption works.
On the location attack: it is a matter of configuration and your location will be as ambiguous as thousands of miles.
You are correct… Official narrative is that it helps reduce spam and bits which could be a reason… But phone numbers linked to real ID allows spooks to maintain their surveillance regime. They get the relationship maps, if they deem you a threat, they will use Israeli spyware to breach your device and get the content
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Email? So its just encrypted SMS?
Might come down to the metadata, then, like SFTP vs FTPES or GET vs POST.
Sms and email are not remotely the same
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The protocol doesn’t really matter when you send encrypted messages over it like Delta Chat. Signal is not private nor decentralized and SimpleX doesn’t have encrypted group chats last time I tried
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You need a phone number to sign up which requires identification in most countries.
Also anyone who knows your username can ping where you are at any time: https://gist.github.com/hackermondev/45a3cdfa52246f1d1201c1e8cdef6117
You are confusing privacy with anonymity. You aren’t anonymous because your user is linked to a phone number, but your communications are private due to how their encryption works.
On the location attack: it is a matter of configuration and your location will be as ambiguous as thousands of miles.
Finessing the terms does not stop them demanding a phone number.
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Clearly, they do care about the phone number.
You are correct… Official narrative is that it helps reduce spam and bits which could be a reason… But phone numbers linked to real ID allows spooks to maintain their surveillance regime. They get the relationship maps, if they deem you a threat, they will use Israeli spyware to breach your device and get the content
They are right. Terminology is important in this discussion.
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They are open source and decentralized and indeed there are already a few forks.
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Ah so they are just capturing users currently and will have to make return on investment later? That’s a no from me.
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