@phalanx @mysk or to put it simple:
You trust noone!
Espechally not @signalapp which demand Phone Numbers, and thus can trivially help in deanonymizing and localizing users.
- They shouldn't have that info to begin with, as there's no "legitimate reason" to mandate it, much less to collect and store it on aws!
- As more and more juristictions literally outlaw anonymous [Prepaid-]SIMs [even retroactively!] they enable themselves to supporting "Murder by Metadata"
#Signal #trust #TrustNoone #PhoneNumbers #PII #Anonymity #deanonymization #doxxing #LegitimateInterest #FalsePretense #aws #privacy #SIM #SimCard #KYC #prepaid #Metadata #OpSec #RedFlag #HoneyPot


