[Gasp0de]

While Signal does require a phone number to register, they only know your phone number, your date of registration and the date of your phones last connection to signal's servers. Anyone requesting your information from them needs to provide your phone number, so any info they can get is account creation date and date of last connection.

[aliqot]

Signal shouldn't ask for phone numbers. I don't give a shit what the justification is.

[Gasp0de]

If you want an anonymous messenger, Signal is not the product for you. If you want a secure messenger that doesn't (and can't) collect any data on your communication, and at the same time (due to the lack of anonymity) prevents spam, then Signal is the messenger for you.

[hyperionplays]

Agree

[fmn]

Disagree

[droopyEyelids]

what's up with constraints in general? Why are some things a requirement for other things? let's abolish this.

[al_caan]

What about metadata? you can track based on metadata don't have to know the content inside the messages.

[para_parolu]

Phone number is enough to find who is behind it in most cases.

[Gasp0de]

Yes, Signal is not an anonymous messenger and it is not meant to be. It's a SECURE messenger, that will not reveal metadata or message contents. It DOES reveal who you are, which is intentional and important to prevent spam. Without that feature, Signal would be significantly less useful for me.

[afroboy]

Signal is more privacy than anonymous.

[MathMonkeyMan]

There is no difference.