• dEVbiKub
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    4 months ago

    Also from the article (clicking the dots in the text)

    Each version of the Signal app expires after about 90 days, after which people on the older version will need to update to the latest version of Signal. This means that in about 90 days, your phone number privacy settings will be honored by everyone using an official Signal app.

    • Chris Ely@fosstodon.org
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      4 months ago

      Also, the Signal servers refuse to talk to certain software at arbitrary times.

      They only expect the official software to be used despite purporting to allow forking the client software.