If this is the first time you're hearing about the data collection, that should tell you everything you need to know about how trustworthy Signal is.
> Signal has always kept your name/pic/etc on their servers I believe
Wrong again I'm afraid. There really was a time when Signal didn't collect and store any user data on their servers. They've repeatedly bragged about times when governments have come around asking them for data and they were able to turn the feds away because that data was never collected in the first place. That changed with the update which added pins. Today, Signal now collects that very same data.
You are wrong and your blog post from 2014 doesn't take into account their new data collection practices. See: https://community.signalusers.org/t/proper-secure-value-secu...
If this is the first time you're hearing about the data collection, that should tell you everything you need to know about how trustworthy Signal is.
> Signal has always kept your name/pic/etc on their servers I believe
Wrong again I'm afraid. There really was a time when Signal didn't collect and store any user data on their servers. They've repeatedly bragged about times when governments have come around asking them for data and they were able to turn the feds away because that data was never collected in the first place. That changed with the update which added pins. Today, Signal now collects that very same data.