Clearly what has happened to CZ is not a vulnerability in Signal, he has probably had his phone hacked and had access to his data or there is a mole.
However, it is important to understand the flaws in Signal that can lead to targeting:
- Centralized servers
- Metadata collection
- Not anonymous, requires a phone number.
Simplex solves all these problems:
- Decentralized and you can set up your own receiving server or as many as you want for each contact.
- No user IDs, a new identity is generated for each contact or group, which makes metadata collection complicated.
- It is anonymous.
https://simplex.chat
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2023-03-28 08:34:25Event JSON
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"content": "Clearly what has happened to CZ is not a vulnerability in Signal, he has probably had his phone hacked and had access to his data or there is a mole. \n\nHowever, it is important to understand the flaws in Signal that can lead to targeting:\n\n- Centralized servers\n- Metadata collection\n- Not anonymous, requires a phone number.\n\nSimplex solves all these problems:\n\n- Decentralized and you can set up your own receiving server or as many as you want for each contact.\n- No user IDs, a new identity is generated for each contact or group, which makes metadata collection complicated.\n- It is anonymous.\n\nhttps://simplex.chat",
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