AprilF00lz@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoDownsides of Signal alternatives compared to Signal?message-squaremessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up174arrow-down1message-squareDownsides of Signal alternatives compared to Signal?AprilF00lz@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square34linkfedilinkfile-text
I’m thinking of the things listed on the Privacy Guides real-time communication section https://www.privacyguides.org/en/real-time-communication/
minus-squareSchlemmy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoYeah, about that. https://www.signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
minus-squareEugenia@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·2 years agoThat’s my point. The phone number IS STILL required to create an account at Signal!
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoYou can always run a self-hosted version of Signal or a fork of it, then you can do whatever you want with it, including not using phone numbers.
minus-squareairikr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoWait, what?! You can self-host Signal? Please send me a guide!
minus-squareEugenia@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 years agoI’m not interested in running servers, in fact, my ISP doesn’t allow it anyway. I need something private that doesn’t ask for too much info off of me, and that’s why my solution was matrix, and not signal.
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agomost people don’t run servers from their house, but something like a cheap VPS or similar.
Yeah, about that. https://www.signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
That’s my point. The phone number IS STILL required to create an account at Signal!
I see.
You can always run a self-hosted version of Signal or a fork of it, then you can do whatever you want with it, including not using phone numbers.
Wait, what?! You can self-host Signal? Please send me a guide!
I’m not interested in running servers, in fact, my ISP doesn’t allow it anyway. I need something private that doesn’t ask for too much info off of me, and that’s why my solution was matrix, and not signal.
most people don’t run servers from their house, but something like a cheap VPS or similar.