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>use phone numbers for usernames, to avoid having to store contact lists/social graphs on Signal servers Why can't the user just be expected to deal with their
by swiley 6y ago
>use phone numbers for usernames, to avoid having to store contact lists/social graphs on Signal servers
Why can't the user just be expected to deal with their contact list? The phone company doesn't store your address book either.
This is a terrible excuse. They require the phone number as an anti-spam/moderation measure and hide behind privacy.
- sneak 6y ago> Why can't the user just be expected to deal with their contact list? They are; they let the user maintain their own list of phone numbers for their contacts, precisely like the phone company in your example. > They require the phone number as an anti-spam/moderation measure and hide behind privacy. This is (inaccurate) speculation from ignorance. Signal, unlike almost every other phone-number-using-service on the planet, does not block burner/disposable/voip numbers from being used with the service.