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I don't think anonymity is one of Signal's design goals-- privacy is. But fwiw there is also Wire Messenger, which looks to me to be a kind of Signal w/o the p
by fattire 9y ago
I don't think anonymity is one of Signal's design goals-- privacy is. But fwiw there is also Wire Messenger, which looks to me to be a kind of Signal w/o the phone # requirement (you can use an email address). It claims to use the signal (axolotl double ratchet) algorithm for texts and video/audio uses webrtc https://wire.com/en/privacy/ https://wire.com/en/privacy/ with encryption and it's GPL'd.
Beyond that I haven't used it so can't vouch for it. Anyone else got an opinion on this Swiss app?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wire https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wire
- unhammer 9y agoAnonymity is not the only reason for usernames though: People sometimes switch phone numbers, and some switch them more often than others (exchange/phd students going to different countries/, moving to different countries for new jobs etc). Re: Wire, I tried it back when it had video chat (one of the few options between iPhone and Android) and Signal didn't. But I found Wire to be too unstable to be really usable. That is to say, my family members quickly got annoyed and demanded I buy an iPhone. Signal video chat solved that issue :-)