<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/SCHEMA/xhtml11.xsd" xml:lang="en"> <head> <title>Signal</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../style.css"/> </head> <body> <h1 >Signal</h1> <p><img src="../images/Signal-logo.png" /></p> <p>Signal is a "private" instant messenger.</p> <h2 >Spyware level: <font style="color:yellow;">MEDIUM</font></h2> <h2 >You need to give Signal your phone number to work</h1> <p>You cannot create an account in Signal without giving it your phone number.</p> <h3 >Signal is not completly Peer-To-Peer</h1> <p>Signal claims to be a Peer-To-Peer messenger. But this is not true because Signal stores <strong>your phone number</strong> in the servers.<a href="#fn1" class="footnote-ref" ><sup>1</sup></a></p> <h3 >Further reading</h1> <p><a href="https://kill-9.xyz/harmful/software/signal">Signal considered harmful</a></p> <h1 >References</h1> <section class="footnotes" role="doc-endnotes"> <p>1: <a href="https://blog.0day.rocks/a-look-into-signals-encrypted-profiles-5491908186c1">A Look Into Signal’s Encrypted Profiles</a></p> <p>2: <a href="https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/127">Request: Google Play signed download alternative</a></p> </section> </body> </html>