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About Signal's privacy policy (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years 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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[–] bitahcold@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thanks for reply! I have a Samsung phone that De-Googled %100~ (exclude some important Android depencies based on Google). I restored GMS for auth in Signal. After the auth, I uninstalled it back. There is no Youtube, no Google - Chrome, no Spotify etc. Just FOSSed and de-Googled phone. Do I still using Google Services indirect ways because of Signal? Is it possible to be another third-party sharing except phone verification?

[–] Amaterasu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

No. Signal doesn't have Google service dependencies. Although, you have other problem here that you probably heard before, using a Samsung phone "de-Googled" won't make you free from Google. You should check if possible to get an Pixel with GrapheneOS.

[–] dabu@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Signal does have dependencies on Google as they are required to handle push notifications on Android (without constant background usage)