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Has anyone else received stuff like this?

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 42 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Note, if you have sensitive information in your signal profile, you shouldn't accept messages you aren't familiar with

See the "What happens when I ..." > "Accept" section

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007459591-Signal-Profiles-and-Message-Requests

I'm not aware of any other privacy issues past that, but I'd worry about getting more spam by engaging with them