I cant find any information that discusses the security risk. But it would seem that this transfering all content to the owner of the phone number is a standard feature.
So, maybe its not discussed because it doesn’t frequently happen.
It doesnt seem like a trustworthy way to ensure users’ content remains secure.
Update:
https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/8r7tbc/someone_impersonating_me_using_my_old_number_what/
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007062012-Change-Number
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007062452-What-do-I-do-if-my-phone-is-lost-or-stolen
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007059752-Backup-and-Restore-Messages
If someone trys to register with an existing number then it wont work if its already being used.
Im not sure on this^
Better to enable a security pin if you are concerned.
The traditional phone system involvement is annoying.
”It’s important to maintain control of this phone number."
I strongly feel that this is false.
This is what flatpak brings to the table
There are way more companies who want to text-mine user content than there are blind people using the internet to read my content.
I think ping is this: https://m.slashdot.org/story/64339
Diaspora has private groups. But many downsides.
For example… discovering people, first involves sharing with them.
If its just a game then why not run it in any old browser.
It doesnt matter much, in this case.
Not perfect:
But here are some ideas.
More ideal ideas:
other stuff:
What am i actually using at this point? (Nothing is set up currently!).
*this isnt perfect! but i think overall i think i dont spend much time traveling to websites for info.
Historically:
Future:
There is certainly room for immediate improvement here.
Im just lazy.
I dont need the internet as much as the internet needs me.
mastodon on a homeserver. no public posting.
thats not entirely true.
i have heard it suggested that it could be national goverment who did this. so that means it could be israel, america, or china, etc .
i view this as potentially very well funded governments vs ordinary people. we never stood a chance.
it ha physical killswitchs. thats pretty appealing if u need that.
adb debloating is adequate.
there may be additional steps for LOS privacy.
i used luckypatcher a long time ago. it was cool how i could remove ads from certain apps.(leaves big ugly red X)
if you live in a city then they should do this for you. alot of cities have open data. if they dont… the probably still have the data they just dont want to share it with you.
And cache