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Using phone number as ID has been proven idiotic since forever now. As much as I like Signal this is such a design flaw that it makes their software not only un
by kabacha 6y ago
Using phone number as ID has been proven idiotic since forever now. As much as I like Signal this is such a design flaw that it makes their software not only untrustable but often unusable too.
What's wrong with email logins?
- siberianbear 6y agoI'm no expert on the subject, but probably the use of phone numbers (and confirmation by SMS) is helpful to limit the number of bots.
- maxerickson 6y agoPhone numbers are used for contact discovery. https://signal.org/blog/private-contact-discovery/ https://signal.org/blog/private-contact-discovery/
- noir_lord 6y agoSignal could still validate the phone number via SMS and immediately discard it afterwards. Personally I liked the way ICQ did it back in the day, they used a uniq ID just for their service decoupling it from a phone number. If Signal wanted to avoid long numbers, they could use a CorrectBatteryHorseStaple approach which is what Xbox does for their usernames if you don't pick one. Easier to remember,