If they ask to talk to you on WhatsApp there’s an 80% chance they’re a cop or an informant.

[elizafox@social.treehouse.systems]

If they ask to talk to you on WhatsApp there’s an 80% chance they’re a cop or an informant.

“My dealer uses it”

You need to find another dealer.

[kkarhan@infosec.space]

@Elizafox +9001%

Same with any other service that demands a phone number.

• Real professionals either use #XMPP+#OMEMO or #PGP/MIME over #Tor!

[elizafox@social.treehouse.systems]

@kkarhan I despise XMPP and OMEMO has never worked right for me esp with carbons

I use signal. Sadly. Quietly. Because its encryption is actually state of the art.

[kkarhan@infosec.space]

@Elizafox I couldn't do the latter.

They tick too many boxes in my Sitch Bingo.

[elizafox@social.treehouse.systems]

@kkarhan they don’t require a phone number now, my main objection is it’s centrally owned.

[kkarhan@infosec.space]

@Elizafox that too is a problem.

Also not shure when they dropped any requirement for a phone number, cuz it was there 5 months ago…

[elizafox@social.treehouse.systems]

@kkarhan it’s gone now, you can use a username now.

[nicoco@pouet.pas.la]

@Elizafox @kkarhan
You still need a phone number to register though, right? What is possible is to hide that phone number to your recipients. Or has it changed?

[debacle@framapiaf.org]

@nicoco @Elizafox @kkarhan

Signal still requires a phone number.

Needed for registration, but it's also the account handle. I.e. if users lose access to the phone number, somebody else could kill their account by creating a new one on that phone number.

Signal allows, however, to hide the phone number now. That's better than before, as it makes life harder for stalkers. But it's still bad. And it's on AWS. And it does not run without Android/iOS 😠