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There's a "Signal deanonymized" thing going around:
gist.github.com/hackermondev/4

Stay calm. Deep breaths.

👉 while this is a real consideration, the only thing the attacker gets from this is a very rough (kilometers or tens of kilometers radius) location

👉 other communication platforms that use any kind of caching CDN to deliver attachments are just as affected

👉 you almost certainly should continue to use Signal, unless you specifically know that this is a big problem for you.

Unique 0-click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord and hundreds of platform - research.md
GistUnique 0-click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord and hundreds of platformUnique 0-click deanonymization attack targeting Signal, Discord and hundreds of platform - research.md

@rysiek I don't think people should be using #Signal, besides this problem, it is a centralized service which means it is vulnerable to enshitification and it requires phone numbers to register which sucks a hell lot

I use #DeltaChat, decentralized, anonymous, no data required for registration, and it doesn't have this deanonymization attack problem

Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦

@adbenitez I would love people to use decentralized tools. I did a talk/rant about things that annoy me in Signal at MCH2022. This included the phone numbers thing:
media.ccc.de/v/mch2022-196-sig

That does not mean that Signal has no value. If somebody is already using Signal, they're in a way, way better position, than if using any of the corporate apps (like WhatsApp), or any of the shady crap (like Telegram).

It's a question of harm reduction.