Dessalines@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 years agoDessalines - Why not Signal?dessalines.github.ioexternal-linkmessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down15cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlopensource@lemmy.ml
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkDessalines - Why not Signal?dessalines.github.ioDessalines@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 years agomessage-square120fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mlopensource@lemmy.ml
minus-squarechiefstorm@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·3 years agoNot to point out the obvious, but if someone uses a burner phone to initially setup their signal account, that is another big layer of privacy
minus-squareEchedenyan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 years agoBurner phones which barely exist outside USA.
minus-squarechiefstorm@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoOh shit, well I had no idea. Hell, I know in China you used to easily get a burner number, but now it is restricted… Well listen, that certainly changes the conversation. Do you know if there are any pay-as-you-go phone plans in Europe ?
minus-squareEchedenyan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 years agoThere are, but are linked to your personal ID which makes it not the same.
minus-squarepoVoq@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 years agoYes, but nearly all countries require you to register the SIM cards with your government ID.
Not to point out the obvious, but if someone uses a burner phone to initially setup their signal account, that is another big layer of privacy
Burner phones which barely exist outside USA.
Oh shit, well I had no idea. Hell, I know in China you used to easily get a burner number, but now it is restricted… Well listen, that certainly changes the conversation.
Do you know if there are any pay-as-you-go phone plans in Europe ?
There are, but are linked to your personal ID which makes it not the same.
Yes, but nearly all countries require you to register the SIM cards with your government ID.