• Dessalines@lemmy.ml
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    zero information connected to your phone number.

    A phone number is tied to your real identity in most countries, especially the US. This is why phone number leaks are so dangerous, I can probably find your current and past addresses, friends, family, social media, all with just your phone number.

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      Yes, your phone number is tied to your identity but it’s completely useless without any additional information. Your phone number is not supposed to be a secret. Every chat platform has some sort of unique identifier, other than SimpleX.

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        That doesn’t make much sense. With a single piece of info, your phone number, I can learn hundreds of things about you. It’s one of the most linkable identifiers out there.

        Every chat platform has some sort of unique identifier, other than SimpleX.

        Of course, which is why its super-important that the id not be linked to your real identity.

        Here’s a test: I’ll give you my matrix id, and you give me your phone number. Deal?

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          I don’t understand what that has to do with anything. Yes, you can learn all kinds of information about you but you cannot learn it from Signal