Some are quick to promote apps as being safe for your use just because they are encrypted. I will talk about how many of the popular apps that are commonly t...
I thought we were talking about security and privacy in general, applied to messaging platforms. Specifically, comparing Telegram/Whatsapp with Signal.
If you want to talk exclusively about phone numbers then it’s obvious that if a messaging system doesn’t use phone numbers there’s no risk that metadata related to phone number is the one that’ll get leaked.
Whether you want to make them be “a completelly different league” based on that distinction alone is an arbitrary separation. By that logic XMPP would be in the same “league” as unencrypted email.
If Signal is in the same league as Telegram just because of phone number leaks (regardless of other protection), then email is in same league as XMPP because it doesn’t have those leaks (regardless of other protection).
Looks like you only care about other forms of protection when comparing the “league” that interests you.
Enjoy your own bias (and I don’t even use Signal xD).
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I thought we were talking about security and privacy in general, applied to messaging platforms. Specifically, comparing Telegram/Whatsapp with Signal.
If you want to talk exclusively about phone numbers then it’s obvious that if a messaging system doesn’t use phone numbers there’s no risk that metadata related to phone number is the one that’ll get leaked.
Whether you want to make them be “a completelly different league” based on that distinction alone is an arbitrary separation. By that logic XMPP would be in the same “league” as unencrypted email.
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“So? We are talking about the risk of using your phone number as the public identifier.”
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According to your logic, they are the same. Otherwise, don’t compare Signal to Telegram/Whatsapp.
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Are you calling your own logic shit?
If Signal is in the same league as Telegram just because of phone number leaks (regardless of other protection), then email is in same league as XMPP because it doesn’t have those leaks (regardless of other protection).
Looks like you only care about other forms of protection when comparing the “league” that interests you.
Enjoy your own bias (and I don’t even use Signal xD).