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Genuine Signal app wouldn't fetch link previews from the client, it's a huge leak.

good point, but where would it fetch it from?

the only good solution I can think of is Tor

Previews are handled sender side iirc, so still from the client just no inadvertently.

Previews from sender side are prone to spoofing though.

That would be the most likely explanation I would think of.