Patrick VanhouckeJournalists use #Signal to talk to sources and share tips safely. The app helps protect privacy, but #journalists are often targets. To stay safe, they should secure their Signal account. This article explains how. The tips are also useful for ordinary users.
cos@librarianbe ..or they could instead use a messenger that is decentralized, really open source and doesn't require a phone number.
ಚಿರಾಗ್ 🌹✊🏾Ⓥ🌱🇵🇸 (he/him)@cos @librarianbe Signal is literally *the* gold standard in encrypted messaging (and yes, it's open source). It's almost like you want to get journalists compromised and killed.
PassengerSignal also doesn't require a phone number these days. You can use a username instead.
@passenger @cos @librarianbe I believe it still requires a number for registration, but you can hide it from being searchable and give out a username.