• massive_bereavement
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    171 month ago

    You are confusing privacy with anonymity. You aren’t anonymous because your user is linked to a phone number, but your communications are private due to how their encryption works.

    On the location attack: it is a matter of configuration and your location will be as ambiguous as thousands of miles.

    • Autonomous User
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      1 month ago

      Finessing the terms does not stop them demanding a phone number.

      • @[email protected]
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        81 month ago

        Precise language is important if you want to understand and communicate truth. It helps a lot to understand the difference between privacy and anonimity there is a scenario where a person doesn’t care that an adversary knows their id, but does care about the content of their messages. In which case, differentiating tools that provide that particular service requires language to discuss it.

        • Autonomous User
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          1 month ago

          Clearly, they do care about the phone number.

          • sunzu2
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            11 month ago

            You are correct… Official narrative is that it helps reduce spam and bits which could be a reason… But phone numbers linked to real ID allows spooks to maintain their surveillance regime. They get the relationship maps, if they deem you a threat, they will use Israeli spyware to breach your device and get the content

      • @JubilantJaguar
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        11 month ago

        They are right. Terminology is important in this discussion.