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		ssss11 on Dec 7, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Building end-to-end security for Messenger Well signal isn’t taking personal data or targeting people with ads, so no. Signal afaik cant access your data and it’s open source so assume has been proven.

hu3 on Dec 7, 2023 [–]

Last I checked, Signal requires and uses your phone number.

ssss11 on Dec 8, 2023 | [–]

Actually I think you’re right - there is one data point. Pretty impressive

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