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> A trick I’ve developed, when giving my contact info to new people, is to enter my phone number on their smartphone myself, and install Signal for them. don't
by miguelmurca 6y ago
> A trick I’ve developed, when giving my contact info to new people, is to enter my phone number on their smartphone myself, and install Signal for them.
don't... do that. don't install stuff on anyone's phone unless they've told you to.
- miguelmota 6y agoCompletely agree. And doesn’t installing apps require the owner’s face id or password?
- athorax 6y agoDepends how you have it configured on android at least, if the phone is unlocked already you can install from the play store w/o additional permissions unless it is a paid app
- gruez 6y agoEven on ios it's technically not required. You only need touchid/faceid/password to add the app to your account. Afterwards you can freely install without additional authentication.
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- Wowfunhappy 6y agoI suppose, but you'd need to have downloaded Signal previously.
- TameAntelope 6y agoYeah, this will immediately stop me from wanting to further engage with you if you do this. It's kind of ironic how little respect for someone else's privacy this behavior exhibits, considering the intent.
- stronglikedan 6y agoWho the heck would even hand over their phone to someone just to get a phone number?
- wittyreference 6y agoIt's a common thing. Perhaps not where you are.
- toast0 6y agoIn a noisy place? Hand your phone to someone attractive and they call/text themselves, then you and they have eachother's numbers.
- wittyreference 6y agoThat's the height of obnoxious. I can't really imagine the level of self-centeredness required to think that's okay.