The primary advantage of using Signal over WhatsApp is that Signal does not store metadata. Just sayin'.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/the-wiretap/2025/10/21/ice-spies-on-whatsapp/
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The primary advantage of using Signal over WhatsApp is that Signal does not store metadata. Just sayin'.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/the-wiretap/2025/10/21/ice-spies-on-whatsapp/
The main disadvantage of using #Signal is that it is provided by a centralized corporation, with all associated risks.
Free Libre & distributed peer-to-peer has always been far better (but most people are amnesiac).
Is it the right time to remind that this is even one of the fundamentals of Internet design?
@evacide Among SimpleX Chat, I am not very aware of other metadata-protecting messengers. But I guess other exist, so who aware, drop links/names please.
@evacide Also opensource and has reproducible builds for Android.
@evacide signal is literally whatsapp 2.0 given its servers are in the US and accessible by the NSA.
@balasubramanium Congratulations. This is the stupidest thing I have read today.
@evacide @balasubramanium But more seriously; Was it the "Push" system that was exploited for both WhatsApp and Signal ?
https://unifiedpush.org/news/20250513_push_security_privacy/
@evacide @balasubramanium I don’t know about your timeline but here isn’t even daylight. So give it time. 🙄😑
Your comment is the stupidest thing I've read. He is absolutely right. Signal is rife with security threats, starting with the fact it is US based and requires a phone number.
@evacide
That meta data ties you to others... Maybe enough to get a warrant.