Leaked phone number of Mark Zuckerberg reveals he is on Signal

#1

Post by gaius_baltar » Mon, Apr 05, 2021, 8:46 PM UTC

Leaked phone number of Mark Zuckerberg reveals he is on Signal
indiatoday.in

Re: Leaked phone number of Mark Zuckerberg reveals he is on Signal

#2

Post by learningwebdev » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 2:32 AM UTC

I would have thought that Mark of all people would have complete faith in the privacy of Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Very curious indeed.

Re: Leaked phone number of Mark Zuckerberg reveals he is on Signal

#3

Post by darig » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 3:07 AM UTC

Or it could be that someone else in his address book is on Signal and gave the app permission to add him from their address book as a ghost account.

Isn't that annoying when apps do that, Zark?

Re: Leaked phone number of Mark Zuckerberg reveals he is on Signal

#4

Post by sushid » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 3:14 AM UTC

learningwebdev wrote: post #2

I would have thought that Mark of all people would have complete faith in the privacy of Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Very curious indeed.

I would imagine Mark of all people to at least do some amount of competitive analysis. It's like being surprised Elon test drove a BMW i3.

Re: Leaked phone number of Mark Zuckerberg reveals he is on Signal

#5

Post by justjonathan » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 3:16 AM UTC

learningwebdev wrote: post #2

I would have thought that Mark of all people would have complete faith in the privacy of Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Very curious indeed.

Without regard to the security of any of the protocols, Zucj may have just installed to play with it.

Re: Leaked phone number of Mark Zuckerberg reveals he is on Signal

#6

Post by learningwebdev » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 3:18 AM UTC

sushid wrote: post #4

learningwebdev wrote: post #2

I would have thought that Mark of all people would have complete faith in the privacy of Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Very curious indeed.

I would imagine Mark of all people to at least do some amount of competitive analysis. It's like being surprised Elon test drove a BMW i3.

I was only joking but you have made a valid point.

Re: Leaked phone number of Mark Zuckerberg reveals he is on Signal

#7

Post by ncmncm » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 5:02 AM UTC

learningwebdev wrote: post #2

I would have thought that Mark of all people would have complete faith in the privacy of Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. Very curious indeed.

He is probably aware that other Facebook employees can crack into Whatsapp traffic at will. It might be unwise to be caught doing it to his account; and probably best to make it look like it was somebody else doing it.

Re: Leaked phone number of Mark Zuckerberg reveals he is on Signal

#8

Post by throwawaysea » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 5:11 AM UTC

Maybe he has friends who are only on Signal that he talks to?

Re: Leaked phone number of Mark Zuckerberg reveals he is on Signal

#9

Post by todd3834 » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 5:32 AM UTC

Is it really surprising that he would have all of the most popular messaging apps? Facebook’s playbook of copying popular features from apps gaining traction is by no means a secret.

I’m not totally convinced by the narrative that Mark doesn’t trust his own tools so he prefers Signal.

Re: Leaked phone number of Mark Zuckerberg reveals he is on Signal

#10

Post by senectus1 » Tue, Apr 06, 2021, 5:32 AM UTC

this is not surprising. most "influential" people like business leaders, politicians, reporters, A listers are on signal.