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EinatYahav@lemmy.today to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Signal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Data

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Signal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Data

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EinatYahav@lemmy.today to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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Ephemeral usernames instead of phone numbers safeguard privacy — and makes the Signal messenger app even harder to subpoena.
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      Except only data from servers thy got so far was phone number, registration date and I’m not sure if last login was even a thing.

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