«The vulnerability demonstrates that the platform unintentionally leaks information that could narrow down a user’s location within a few hundred miles.»
Interesting. But still a long way to go to deanonymize you?
Activists and dissidents who use Signal probably/hopefully also use VPN. Now we have another good reason for doing so.
Christian
npub15v…s2zwv
2025-01-21 19:42:43
in reply to nevent1q…dtx7
Author Public Key
npub15vdp04nh35a2c0edqmzjp99pnuzkehrh2lylgh3kxw0gkd8gs4hqas2zwvPublished at
2025-01-21 19:42:43Event JSON
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