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Using Signal groups for activism

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Things are heating up. Millions of people are taking to the streets against Trump's rising authoritarianism. Communities around the US are organizing to defend against ICE raids, to protest Israeli genocide, for mutual aid, and for other forms of fighting fascism. Signal can help people safely organ...

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If you join a large WhatsApp group, anyone in that group will have everyone else's phone number, and they can use that to learn far more about everyone's identities.
Does it not give away your identity when you join a Signal group?
- Signal defaults to hiding your phone number since the release of user names: https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
  
  Not worried about my phone number, I'm more worried about my profile.
  
  But they must still have your phone number and associate it with your username. So it would still be easy for a government organization to force Signal to give up the identities of all people who join a group.
- settings > privacy > phone number > who can see my number > nobody
  👍
  
  Not worried about my phone number so much as my birth name...
- I haven't used the groups, but I know you CAN opt to use usernames now.
  
  My username is my name. As is my profile.

Signal, yes...
Or snikket (xmpp).
Or delta chat (email).
The three are good.
- Simple-X ? GNU-Jami ?

I wish Signal had an option to create forums. With forum Like ui with threads its easier to organize things and keep up with projects over long periods of time.

For those that want more security:
https://simplex.chat/
- Simplex does not give you anymore security. It does however, provide anonymity.
  
  what's the security issue about simplex??
- Let's stay in touch! I'm on Signal. Just text me on Telegram. I've got Whatsapp with ads. I'm literally on Snapchat. You can probably find me on Kik. Dude text me on Matrix. It's a Wechat feature. I'm on Simplex. You can text me on Simplex. You can go to Simplex and text me. Log onto Simplex right now. Go to Simplex. Dive into Simplex. You can Simplex me. I'm on Simplex. Simplex has it for you. Simplex has it for you.

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