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Nice! Really good initiative!
I've looked at dessalines's essays recently, and in his opinion Signal isn't secure enough. He also gives some suggestions for alternatives.
the requirement for phone numbers should be enough to dissuade anyone from using Signal for anything but low-stakes communication :|
AFAICT Matrix is pretty good in terms of security, even if the overly complex encryption occasionally causes unreadable messages
As the guide mentions, it's very much troublesome to Americans, but not for example Polish people. You can walk into any corner store, buy a sim card starter for 5zł ($1.25) and have a phone number that signal will accept. All of that anonymously. If other countries have similar possibilites like Poland, it should in no case be looked over.
Since when they dropped name registration for Polish SIM cards?
Tell me more. I hope I'm not wrong about just being able to buy a starter and straight up using it without anything more required, because I remember doing just that in the past.
It's impossible since 2017! All prepaid cards are tied to names, surnames and PESEL number.
There is a legal act: https://dziennikustaw.gov.pl/D2016000090401.pdf
There is a passage: „Art. 60b. 1. Abonent, z wyłączeniem abonenta korzystającego z publicznie dostępnych usług telefonicznych świadczonych za pomocą aparatu publicznego lub przez wybranie numeru dostępu do sieci dostawcy usług oraz abonenta usług przedpłaconych polegających na rozpowszechnianiu lub rozprowadzaniu programów telewizyjnych drogą naziemną, kablową lub satelitarną, podaje dostawcy usług następujące dane:
A NO KURWA JEGO MAĆ TE PIERDOLONE CHUJE JEBANE
The guide will be ammended IMMIEDIEATLY after I finish my shift!
This information is extremely crucial and important, I will look into Matrix as to replace the hole left by Signal! Thank you very much for this information.