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: [[User:InTransparencyWeTrust|@InTransparencyWeTrust]]! Thank you for highlighting exactly the problem with Signal's misleading and unclear communication. | : [[User:InTransparencyWeTrust|@InTransparencyWeTrust]]! Thank you for highlighting exactly the problem with Signal's misleading and unclear communication. | ||
There is no question that Signal stores data in the cloud. Please review references for more information. If you are in a hurry, here's Signal's handy animation from https://signal.org/blog/secure-value-recovery/ explicitly illustrating how requests are sent to and handled by their cloud servers | There is no question that Signal stores data in the cloud. Please review references for more information. If you are in a hurry, here's Signal's handy animation https://signal.org/blog/images/secure-value-recovery-animation.gif taken from https://signal.org/blog/secure-value-recovery/ explicitly illustrating how requests are sent to and handled by their cloud servers | ||
The data being stored in the cloud (which includes the user's name, photo, phone number, and a list of every contact) is an entirely different thing from private contact discovery. The data collection is not related in any way to private contact discovery (although both use SGX for protection). This data collection is only for SVR/Storage Service. You may find this helpful FAQ that was removed and replaced with links to a bunch of far less helpful blog posts: https://web.archive.org/web/20230101032155/https://community.signalusers.org/t/faq-signal-pin-svr-kbs-storage-service-cloud/15690 | The data being stored in the cloud (which includes the user's name, photo, phone number, and a list of every contact) is an entirely different thing from private contact discovery. The data collection is not related in any way to private contact discovery (although both use SGX for protection). This data collection is only for SVR/Storage Service. You may find this helpful FAQ that was removed and replaced with links to a bunch of far less helpful blog posts: https://web.archive.org/web/20230101032155/https://community.signalusers.org/t/faq-signal-pin-svr-kbs-storage-service-cloud/15690 |