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>>pera+(OP)
The biggest drawback with Signal for protesters is that it exposes the user's phone number to everyone else in groups (just like WhatsApp does). There is no way to even hide the fact that you have an account on Signal. I can add phone numbers by enumeration into my contacts and Signal will show who among my contacts is on it. If the authorities don't use tactics like they did in Hong Kong, the protesters may be safe from being spied on (or worse).

>>AnonC+ul
This was allegedly used by the authorities in Hong Kong during protests there in 2019, but using Telegram. Telegram responded by introducing a new setting that hides your number from people that aren't in your own contacts.

https://telegram.org/blog/scheduled-reminders-themes#new-pri...

>>sorenj+Iy
Telegram indeed have better UX and same level of e2e security. Why Signal is getting all the publicity?

>>romanr+mR
Telegram is not opensource, Signal is...and yes you can setup your own server with Signal. Why trust a Closed-source-Software? Do you even know that it is encrypted?

>>nix23+HT
You can setup your own server with Signal, but you will not participate in the same network, so this is not really relevant.

>>fsflov+8o1
For Country's or big-business it is relevant