FermionWrangler@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 14 days agoJWZ weighs in on Signal againwww.jwz.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down113file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkJWZ weighs in on Signal againwww.jwz.orgFermionWrangler@lemm.ee to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
JWZ previously: https://www.jwz.org/blog/2018/08/signal/ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2017/03/signal-leaks-your-phone-number-to-everyone-in-your-contacts/ See also: Why not Signal?
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·14 days agoI don’t have a phone number. Even my phone itself is set up as a tablet and cannot make or receive calls or texts. No signal for me!
minus-squarep_kanarinac@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·13 days agoWhat do you use your phone for? Do you have a separate phone for calls? Bit confused. :D
minus-squareorbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·13 days agoThere are ways to game that. Use Google voice or a free voip line to do the initial setup, then just use the app and delete the voip. It’s risky since once the voip is done, that line will be wiped, but then you’re pretty much a signal ghost.
I don’t have a phone number.
Even my phone itself is set up as a tablet and cannot make or receive calls or texts.
No signal for me!
What do you use your phone for? Do you have a separate phone for calls? Bit confused. :D
What are calls?
There are ways to game that. Use Google voice or a free voip line to do the initial setup, then just use the app and delete the voip.
It’s risky since once the voip is done, that line will be wiped, but then you’re pretty much a signal ghost.