TariqFeb 21

Friend asked me about Signal, triggered by the ever growing concerns about US big tech.

They're not technical and I said I'd look into it for them.

I've never used it and upon install it asked for

1. Permissions to see my "contacts"

2. A phone number.

What? Why?

Can Signal be used without these?

#signal #signalapp #security #privacy #surveillance

Show threadRene Raggl 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Feb 21

@rzeta0 Signal will not work without a phone number. The contacts (if you give permission) is used to show you who of the people you know already uses it.

If you want messengers that are fully anonymous check out @delta @threemaapp or @briar

Show threadTariqFeb 21

@rraggl @delta @threemaapp @briar

thanks for the suggestions

a key priority here is also usability for non-technical people because my friend and their friends are just "normal facebook users"

I'll take a look at delta as someone else mentioned it too

Show threadRene Raggl 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇬🇱
@rzeta0 The biggest boon of Delta Chat I found so far is it's ease of use, complete anonymity and the fact that it is multi-device by design.
Feb 22 at 2:19amWeb