[tapoxi]

> Another thing Signal likes to do is to broadcast the fact every time you shift it to a new device. I have seen enough changing round from a couple of correspondents to deduce a pattern in their hardware habits.

This is a security feature to ensure you're talking to the same person. Phone numbers are terrifyingly easy to port to another account.

[interfixus]

Yes, I know it's supposed to be a security feature. Not one that works weel, but perhaps it does somewhat enhance security. Alas, Signal forgets to mention that it does so at a cost to privacy.

[newscracker]

It stops being a security feature when Signal keeps sending such messages when nothing has changed (and because Signal has bugs), prompting users to ignore these messages forever.

[dooglius]

>Phone numbers are terrifyingly easy to port to another account.

Which is precisely why they should never be used as an identifier.

[ajconway]

This feature leaks metadata. It's just an implementation detail, I'm sure the devs are not happy about it and probably are researching other ways to provide cross-device experience.