[nobita]

> It also used to require sharing phone numbers to add contacts, which imo is already a privacy violation.

https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/

Signal doesn't require sharing of phone numbers

[zuhsetaqi]

> Signal doesn't require sharing of phone numbers

It does require a phone number to create an account. That’s the reason I do not consider it being private because at least in Germany a phone number can only be activated by using a personal ID card which it is connected to.

[StrLght]

Private and anonymous are two very different things

[zuhsetaqi]

> Private and anonymous are two very different things

They’re going hand in hand as soon as there’s a data breach or a back door