[throwaway82003]

My understanding is that the coin stuff is still in beta and not available in the regular app.

Also when it lands on stable, it will be opt-in. So one need to deliberately switch it on to enable their cryptocurrency.

Their history tells us they go to great lengths to eliminate metadata. Court requests for signal data only get the account creation time and last access time. Please read about how they implemented their gif functionality in such a way as to preserve privacy. Also read about how they preserve your privacy in group chats. I think they are available in their blog. My understanding is that these things are unique to signal and apps like Element Matrix, WhatsApp, wire, telegram, threema, Conversations XMPP etc don't have it.

IMO it's a good idea to read Signal's blog. It can also be subscribed through RSS so you'll get notified about new articles.

https://signal.org/blog/rss.xml

https://signal.org/bigbrother/

[greshario]

I really don't want to read the blog of a messaging app. I don't care about messaging apps. I just want to be able to message people without worrying about my privacy.