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In Signal, a phone number is your identity. So intrinsically, yes, you have to get a new identity with a new number: https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/article
by sswezey 6y ago
In Signal, a phone number is your identity. So intrinsically, yes, you have to get a new identity with a new number: https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007062012-New-Number-or-New-Phone https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007062012-Ne...
- geocar 6y agoSorry, maybe that's not clear; I have multiple phone numbers. Does that mean I have to unregister and reregister to get my other identity? Or does Signal support multiple identities?
- jolux 6y agoYou have to unregister and reregister the device to change phone numbers.
- mikece 6y agoAnd this is a real problem because you don't really own your phone number: it's leased to you for as long as you pay for it but I don't think there is anything to prevent a telco (or VoIP service like Twilio) from taking that number back from you. This is another problem inherent in using a phone number as the source of your identity on a service. Email addresses are better but can still be subject to seizure. Perhaps the answer is what Session is doing: you get a GUID is that is assigned to you and that will never be assigned to anyone else.
- vetinari 6y agoThreema generates a short alphanumeric id, that is easily sharable. It will also generate QR code for you, so other people do no have to type them, just scan them.
- samatman 6y agoNot the case, my Signal is linked to my old phone number, it is, in fact, the only piece of my identity web which is. I wonder, sometimes, what would happen when someone else acquires that phone number and tries to sign up for Signal...
- tpxl 6y agoThe case with Telegram is they overtake your account, and it might be the same with Signal.