I don’t understand how Moxie is so patient with JWZ and his followers on this thread, but it’s a thing to see.https://www.jwz.org/blog/2017/03/signal-leaks-your-phone-number-to-everyone-in-your-contacts/#comments …
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Replying to @tqbf
I dunno, he has a point that he should be warned about the phone # broadcast at app install time. IMO.
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Replying to @tqbf
Ok but how do contacts suddly "know" you have Signal installed? That should be warned against in a dialog or something. It's weird.
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Replying to @codinghorror
Because once every 6 hours, Signal uses a hash protocol to sync contacts with the server.
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Replying to @tqbf @codinghorror
It’s always possible for Bob to ask Signal if Alice’s specific phone number is reachable on Signal.
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Replying to @tqbf @codinghorror
Being able to probe if a particular phone number is on Signal is a privacy weakness, and a serious one for the ppl who need Signal most.
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I'm not a fan of JWZ or misleading reporting, but it seems there really is a serious issue here, and it's been muddled by ppl with agendas..
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