Deep@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGerman members of parliament (MPs) advised to drop Signal in favor of Wire over security concernscyberinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
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minus-squarenroth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoHow does being email-based instead of phone-number-based meaningfully help security? I would understand something like non-federated Matrix, where only approved users have accounts on your instance. Less phishing at the cost of convenience.
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month ago… or they could just use Molly if they want to sign up with just their email and not a phone number but otherwise still use all the same privacy tech
minus-squareleriotdelac@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoJust checked Molly, still requires phone number to register. Isn’t it an alternative app for Signal?
minus-squarenymnympseudonym@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoDamn I thought getting rid of the phone number requirement was the prime reason Molly forked so idk
How does being email-based instead of phone-number-based meaningfully help security? I would understand something like non-federated Matrix, where only approved users have accounts on your instance. Less phishing at the cost of convenience.
… or they could just use Molly if they want to sign up with just their email and not a phone number but otherwise still use all the same privacy tech
Just checked Molly, still requires phone number to register. Isn’t it an alternative app for Signal?
Damn I thought getting rid of the phone number requirement was the prime reason Molly forked so idk