[desertraven]

It wouldn't surprise me. No reason why a phone number is needed to use the app, and if people think their messages aren't monitored when using it, they're dreaming. It's not truly e2e encrypted, and I think it is just better than giving that data to the usual suspects (Facebook, Google, etc). That's why I use it, but I'm under no illusion that this free app isn't trying to get my data just as much as any other. Screen recording is a step further than I expected, but not toooo surprising.

[ThePowerOfFuet]

Your tinfoil hat is a smidge too tight, methinks.

And this is coming from someone who also wears one.

[desertraven]

The comment was a bit snarky (and perhaps paranoid), which is unusual for me.

Back to the tinfoil hats, do you believe communications on Signal can't be accessed by anyone except the two recipients? And why do you believe that?

Admittedly my position comes from a more ignorant place - that surveillance seems to be top priority for government agencies, and our governments decreasingly serve the wellbeing of the people. Pretty shallow I admit, but I can't actually believe that the most popular, privacy-centric chat platform isn't accessible by other parties. That would be absurd wouldn't it? Especially with government-mandated backdoors in everything.