EinatYahav@lemmy.today to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoSignal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Datatheintercept.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkSignal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Datatheintercept.comEinatYahav@lemmy.today to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-squareShortN0te@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months ago just two pieces of data: the date the target Signal account was created, and the date that it last connected to the service. And how does Usernames help here? Should be the same 2 data Points and not more?
minus-squarerdyoung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months agoIirc from the last time this article or similar was posted, it’s about how warrants are issued. It’s the username versus phone number not username versus or and/or other data points. Anything more than that I am still unclear about.
And how does Usernames help here? Should be the same 2 data Points and not more?
Iirc from the last time this article or similar was posted, it’s about how warrants are issued. It’s the username versus phone number not username versus or and/or other data points. Anything more than that I am still unclear about.