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The Signal messenger and protocol.

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About Signal's privacy policy (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago by bitahcold@lemmy.world to c/signal@lemmy.ml
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"Third Parties. We work with third parties to provide some of our Services. For example, our Third-Party Providers send a verification code to your phone number when you register for our Services. These providers are bound by their Privacy Policies to safeguard that information. If you use other Third-Party Services like YouTube, Spotify, Giphy, etc. in connection with our Services, their Terms and Privacy Policies govern your use of those services."

We work with third parties to provide some of our Services.

What type of Services? And do Signal use our contacts or something private like that for third-parties?

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[–] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

To be honest, I'm not sure. Signal does not have an official f-droid build. They distribute an APK on their website for degoogled devices which allows for websockets to be used as the google notifications systems is not used on degoogled devices, but I'm unsure what it means for the rest of the dependency. Some dependencies can be shipped with the apk so do not require google services to be installed, but an expert should probably shime in to shed some light in this situation specifically.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I believe Signal uses Google Services Framework to send notifications. If you want am even more degoogled Signal, Molly is an amazing project. It's available on Fdroid, possibly using the izzy repository.

https://molly.im/download/fdroid/

[–] bitahcold@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

It is a bit complex but at least we can say its safer than Meta. Still looking for sources and if I find something clear, I will add here for other Lemmiers. Thank you and Goodbye.