Signal was marketed as anti mass surveillance secure messaging system. It is but a mere user friendly email+gpg alternative. It actively avoid anti-mass surveillance methods and does the opposite - encourages centralization and collection of user statistics.
Even Telegram is better, as people arent fooled by what it is.
A better alternative is Ring.cx or Tox.im with for example Antox client.
People always overlook the fact that the world is full of adversaries and 99% of them can't get access to Google's datacenters. Those adversaries matter too. Look at Turkey!
Wire for example, doesn't require you to sign up with a phone number. You don't even have to have a phone.
How is it not an obfuscation mechanism that works at scale?
Also, what if google has a rogue employee who works for one of the surveillance agencies?
Trusting all your private data to an advertising company that has root access on your device in an app that is explicitly built around security and privacy is insane.
Also, what if google has a rogue employee who works for one of the surveillance agencies?
Trusting all your private data to an advertising company that has root access on your
device in an app that is explicitly built around security and privacy is insane.
There are degrees of difficulty. If you use Signal, you make it more difficult than if you use whatsapp but easier than if you have a rooted phone with open source software.
Also, you make it easier than it has to be with giving away contacts/phone numbers.