@fluffy @adrienne @shibacomputer @Mer__edith since I'm still trying to find conclusive info about "is this fixed now": when did you sign up? most of my info is from at least 5 years ago, but it's extremely difficult to test it out due to needing a new phone number + unknown backend delays before contacts sync or whatever. the last major attempt was here, closed by Moxie, which I don't read as "it does not do that any more" for some reason: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/7409 quick searches show it at least in 2021: https://medium.com/swlh/if-signal-is-so-hot-on-privacy-why-did-it-tell-everyone-i-joined-d85cda54a322 (I can't believe this isn't a more broadly visible issue, but at least some talk about it) but yeah contact stuff has been an issue for a long time: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Android/issues/6750 it's much more polite about contacts syncing nowadays (I don't sync and it has never prompted me again and it works just fine). last I've seen they still relied on SGX for contact privacy, and I don't really trust that... but it's a decent approach for contact-sharers, and opting out is now trivial, so that's fine I have it installed and use it when I can and am broadly happy with the changes under Meredith, to put this all in context. it's still probably the best big option. there's just a lot of deeply undesirable muck to walk out of, and it'll take time.