signal requires a phone number to sign up. a phone number could be used to trace your signal account back to you. so why do people, especially privacy enthusiasts and experts (like edward snowden), still use it and endorse it when it lacks anonymity in that sense? i get that people could use a voip number or something to sign up, but still.

  • electric_nan
    13·
    8 months ago

    Signal is great for private communication with people you already know and trust. I was in a situation where I was organizing with new friends, and we had a big group chat on Signal. I cloned Signal to a work profile, and registered it with a cheap VOIP number, so that I could keep my real phone number separate from my political organizing activities.

        • Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          2 months ago

          This is way not cheap 😅😅😅😅

          One of the main issues of jmp chat is the price

          There are some VoIP services that are $20 a year, and I wanted to compare if there’s anything interesting and cheap

          • electric_nan
            1·
            2 months ago

            Gotcha. It’s worth it for me, but cheaper is better! You can probably use a google voice number (which is free) to register Signal.