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Telegram is lying to you about privacy
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this post was submitted on 26 May 2026
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I would assume if an entity had my phone number they could easily connect it to me, like by spoofing it and calling themselves and getting the name off caller id or some shit, or even just subpoenaing the phone carrier for the id of the phone number. Why they would want to do that for little old fudgy mctubbs is beyond me.
I'll say it: I dont want anybody to know what I jack off to. It's all legal stuff, but im too prudish to have that be public.
Anonymity is impossible, but we can still attempt it.
They don't offer anonymity. Anonymity does not equal privacy. They aren't the same thing. And if you're using the signal app to jerk off I have some questions.
I dont use super secret messaging apps. I also dont fuck with peer to peer anything. I was broadly speaking about why anonymity on the internet is important to me.