Yes it uses your phone number. You now have the option to use a username though.
Personally, while I totally understand the criticism, this is not an attack vector I am concerned with. I want a private messenger that hides the content and metadata of my messages from ad companies, spying neighbors, and the government. Signal does all of this.
I haven’t used Signal.
Is your ‘registered Signal number’ your phone handset number?
From this page:
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007318691-Register-a-phone-number
[You are right, Delta Chat uses AutoCrypt, which is OpenPGP based.]
Yes it uses your phone number. You now have the option to use a username though.
Personally, while I totally understand the criticism, this is not an attack vector I am concerned with. I want a private messenger that hides the content and metadata of my messages from ad companies, spying neighbors, and the government. Signal does all of this.
I mainly want personal family photos away from long corporate data retention (and possible leaks) and away from AI scrapers.
Delta Chat covers this.
I’ll check out Signal again though, thanks for the recommendation.