Hot take: If you are using a "privacy-focused" service that requires a phone number to sign up, you aren't the customer, you're still part of the graph.
Signal is great for encryption, but the reliance on mobile identifiers is a metadata nightmare waiting to happen. We need to normalize usernames as primary identifiers in secure messaging. Session and Threema are right. Signal is lagging here.
#Signal #Privacy #InfoSec #metadataCleaner #cybersec #enshittification
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npub16s…mcnsg
2025-12-09 11:28:07 UTC
Author Public Key
npub16sft0t5ah6m6wrfklv438k82njnqqgs4t60jnk2wgmvkyrkh84fs4mcnsgSeen on
wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2025-12-09 11:28:07 UTCEvent JSON
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