Signal Messenger Group
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Follow this link to join a group on Signal Messenger.

I saw some threads here about Telegram and piracy stuff being banned. So, as an experimental alternative, I created a public Signal group for piracy.

Maybe it’ll be useful?

Before joining

Signal supports usernames and hiding telephone numbers. Here’s a blog entry on how to do so. You might want to:

  • set a username
  • change your profile name (these are two separate things!)
  • hide your phone number
  • uiiiq@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    The phone number is not connected to the messages. That’s the only thing they have. It is the best app for privacy.

    • liveinthisworld@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      0·
      1 month ago

      Arguable in it being “the best app for privacy”. Can you link to a source which shows that phone numbers are not linked to accounts? (Why do they need them anyway?)

      • uiiiq@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        They have published requests from the law enforcement and their responses to these requests. The only unencrypted data they have is the phone number, a date of sign up and a date of the last login. That is it, everything else is encrypted and they cannot access it whatsoever.

          • ladfrombrad 🇬🇧@lemdro.idEnglish
            1·
            1 month ago

            No you don’t.

            I can go to the corner shop/local garage right now, buy a SIM card for 99p and then buy a top-up voucher in cash to have a completely anonymous phone number.

            Albeit is the UK in Europe again? 🙈

            edit: where I would be worried if my privacy was on the line is I could also go to the local pawn shop / Cash Converters to ensure that SIM card isn’t associated with an IMEI I’ve previously used and buy in cash a cheapo phone.