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Cake day: June 17th, 2023

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  • I’m an American who is reasonably well traveled (though I haven’t been to Europe yet) and really wants to be less ignorant about these things than most of my countrymates so I spent a amount of time trying to figure it out before looking at a map and reading the comments. I did not. I guess I’m still that American. But I’ll keep trying not to be.

















  • Signal is centralized and requires a phone number. This is potentially impactful to your anonymity. So, for example if the recipients device is comprised that encryption doesn’t mean much and you may be identifiable.

    All that said, I use Signal. But it’s good to know it’s shortcomings.

    Edit: added potentially. You could certainly have a number not associated with your identity.