<![CDATA[How can someone message another person in Signal if your number is secret, they are not on your contact list, and you have virtually no contacts?]]>How can someone message another person in Signal if your number is secret, they are not on your contact list, and you have virtually no contacts?

Someone I know just got a random "hello" in Signal from a stranger without zero prior contact.

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maybe they joined a group chat you were in?

did you also set "who can find me by phone number" to "nobody"?

otherwise, maybe they could just have some list of numbers they're spamming.

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