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Privacy: they know who you are but they don't know what are you doing/when are you doing. Anonymity: they don't know who you are.
this post was submitted on 11 May 2025
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Haven't seen anyone link this here so I'll link it myself
https://dessalines.github.io/essays/why_not_signal.html
Some things are outdated, like how you had to give others your phone number (although it's still necessary for signup) but most of these still hold up
Session is what you want. But you have to directly shares each others public keys to connect
I think you can use a pay phone to sign up.
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