Most people using #Signal think they’re “off grid.” In reality, they’re leaving a trail wide enough to drive a subpoena through.
Let’s fix that.
https://untraceabledigitaldissident.com/if-youre-using-signal-like-this-youre-doing-it-wrong/
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The lack of common sense is so unreal with that.
Come join us & chat it up with other nostriges on Simplex the only true anonymous messenger app you should be using!
And drain your fucking battery in one hour 😂
My wife had the same problem signal, completely ignoring the garbage on her phone like Facebook and tiktok.
Yeah, but I am talking simplex here, not signal.
Ok that's not what the original post is about.
I am replying to a reply of the original post...
Ok ... congratulations? 🤷♂️
Whatever spectacles
I see you haven't updated in a long time. It's much better now update to 6.4.1
I have, and it still sucks
Do you have notifications set to always on? I admit this does drain the battery more. But it could also be all the other apps together.
Do you use Orbot, then vpn, have more then one chat app, an email client, & other services that constantly run in the background?
Good advice in general, but there's a few mistakes in your article.
1. Signal doesn't collect metadata. Anytime. There's been a subpoena. The only thing Signal has been able to provide in reference to a requested phone number, was the date of account creation and the last date seem live on the network. So if someone's able to determine a particular phone number is using Signal, so what that person likes privacy.
2. When full username integration went live in February 2024, the digital footprint of a Signal user's phone number was drastically reduced. So with usernames, none of your contacts need to actually know your phone number, phone numbers are just used to establish an account in the first place. https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/015f514b98ad428a17943c74263731cdc1895051c895442ef9cd56547f0a09d5/41d8bb2bbb0f0cc0c19fa4f03537ed5560057026b9b92cb3b36f4b50c45eee9d.webp
In summary, what you said might be good advice, although a bit outdated. The best advice is to evaluate your threat model and act accordingly. Signal will likely be a big part of that.
To anyone reading this just be informed this dumb guy does not understand how The Telecommunication act works. Look up the telecommunication act i'll give you a short example to sum it all up.
Signal gives phone number when subpoena comes. Next government looks up the phone numbers carrier let's say it's Verizon then they go to Verizon & say hey motherfucker give me everything on this phone number! Failure to cooperate is obstruction of justice & you can be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law Verizon. Verizon gives full access to the number in question this includes keylogging, stat records like uptime, every app how long it's been running the full breakdowm, screen mirroring, & then they coordinate with google gps real time, keylogging gboard & they know!
This is how it works!
there are so many alternatives to the centralized E2EE apps (whatsapp, signal, imessage) it frustrates me they ever get reccomended 😤
we even have better apps built right here on nostr!
It's not always about how good the app is technology wise. Yes, there may be better options however, that's pointless if there's not a user base. It's the network effect, Signal is the best option (that's not over commercialized big tech which makes your data their product).
in a strange way this is what i'm saying, from the opposite perspective:
i don't want people contributing to the network effect of a centralized app