Signal claims to be a private, not anynomous, chat application.
Theirt defaults are set so they can get mass market addoption, whilst beeing a big step up in privacy compared to the usual players in the space (like whatsapp and telegram). You simply won't be able to get the average user on apps that make use more complicated and apps like simplex doe exactly that.
If you want Signal to be more secure, you can circumvent this attack vector by disableing auto downloads for media.
I'm not saying Signal is perfect, there has been a bunch to critisize over the years.
But why argue about use cases they never claimed to solve?
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Signal claims to be a private, not anynomous, chat application.
Theirt defaults are set so they can get mass market addoption, whilst beeing a big step up in privacy compared to the usual players in the space (like whatsapp and telegram). You simply won't be able to get the average user on apps that make use more complicated and apps like simplex doe exactly that.
If you want Signal to be more secure, you can circumvent this attack vector by disableing auto downloads for media.
I'm not saying Signal is perfect, there has been a bunch to critisize over the years.
But why argue about use cases they never claimed to solve?