Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@evacide" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>evacide</span></a></span> NO, YOU CANNOT USE @signalapp@mastodon.world WITHOUT A PHONE NUMBER!!! *</p><p>They still require a phone number as they still do restrict the functionality of their App based off the phone number given!</p><p>Also we've all seen that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/centralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>centralized</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleVendor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleVendor</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SingleProvider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SingleProvider</span></a> solutions are inherently bad - so why should anyone use <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a> over <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>XMPP</span></a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OMEMO</span></a> or XMPP+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PGP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PGP</span></a>/MIME ???</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signal</span></a>, like every provider in the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a>, is subject to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloudAct</span></a> ** and will obviously hand over the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metadata</span></a> they collected without legitimate interest if told to do so. ***</p><p>After all, clients like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>monocles</span></a></span> ' <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monoclesChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monoclesChat</span></a> **** make XMPP w/ OMEMO and PGP/MIME extremely user-friendly...</p><p>Im many juristictions, you cannot legally obtain an anonymous prepaid SIM legally! *****<br> <br> <br>- - -<br> <br>Sources:</p><p>* <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog/111968247576555678" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.tchncs.de/@kuketzblog/1</span><span class="invisible">11968247576555678</span></a></p><p>** <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Ac</span><span class="invisible">t</span></a></p><p>*** <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220112020000/https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">web.archive.org/web/2022011202</span><span class="invisible">0000/https://twitter.com/thegrugq/status/1085614812581715968</span></a></p><p>**** <a href="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.monocles.chat/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">f-droid.org/en/packages/de.mon</span><span class="invisible">ocles.chat/</span></a></p><p>*****<br><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/111968383793566135" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.space/@kkarhan/1119683</span><span class="invisible">83793566135</span></a></p>