The privacy-focused messaging app arose from a fringe culture that emphasized individual autonomy and skepticism of authority. As it tries to go mainstream, can it escape its roots?
IMO the issue with Signal’s lack of anonymity isn’t that your friends know who you are; it’s that Signal itself can build a graph of everybody’s contacts.
I mean, yes, I understand that Facebook, Google and a bunch of other companies can get the same info, but if I’m going to switch to something to be an improvement I would ideally want it to improve all the way instead of halfway.
IMO the issue with Signal’s lack of anonymity isn’t that your friends know who you are; it’s that Signal itself can build a graph of everybody’s contacts.
I mean, yes, I understand that Facebook, Google and a bunch of other companies can get the same info, but if I’m going to switch to something to be an improvement I would ideally want it to improve all the way instead of halfway.