Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.nano.lgbt/users/nano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nano</span></a></span> no, it's garbage as <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>signalapp</span></a></span> still collects, uses and stores <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumbers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhoneNumbers</span></a> which can't be acquired for free AND oftentimes not even anonymously in a legal way based on one's juristiction.</p><p>If <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> was actually interested in being <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/secure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secure</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/private" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>private</span></a> they would've never collected a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PII</span></a> like PhoneNumbers and explicitly designed their System to be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OoenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OoenSource</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a> nmfrom the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/backend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>backend</span></a> too.</p><p>To me their solution has the same stench as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ProtonMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtonMail</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AN%C3%98M" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ANØM</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EncroChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EncroChat</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CryptoAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoAG</span></a> Cipher Machines...</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Honeypots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Honeypots</span></a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Govware</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Backdoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Backdoor</span></a>|s included.</p><p>Why else do you think this is still up and running in spite of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CloudAct</span></a> and providing Services in spite of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sanctuons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanctuons</span></a> to people in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NorthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorthKorea</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cuba</span></a>?</p><p>Even if I sound like that guy from that DX:MD DLC, my gut feeling has yet to be wrong...<br>Cuz that's life experience!<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9shQlM9hhf4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=9shQlM9hhf</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a></p>