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		fhars on March 20, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Telegram told to give encryption keys to Russian a... I tried signal once, and it refused to even start without me allowing it to steal my address book.

DenisM on March 20, 2018 [–]

I don’t think it does that anymore - my signal has nothing in it.

avhon1 on March 20, 2018 | [–]

Signal still requires access to read (and modify!) your contacts.

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