There is still a phone number involved last I checked.
Which means SS7 under the hood at some point.
But SS7 is not secure.
Over the past several months, Signal has been rolling out a raft of new features to make its app more usable. One of those features has recently been raising a bit of controversy with users. This i…
"Signal has historically chosen the more cautious and safer approach — as compared to more commercial alternatives like WhatsApp"
#MatthewGreen, 2020
Except when it's integrating third-party search engines so people can search for reaction GIFs in-app;
https://signal.org/blog/giphy-experiment/
... adding a new and totally avoidable attack surface.
Over the past several months, Signal has been rolling out a raft of new features to make its app more usable. One of those features has recently been raising a bit of controversy with users. This i…
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