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The reason I don’t use signal much is this link to a phone number. Both because sometimes I don’t have a phone number. And I don’t want participants to know my
by prepend 3y ago
The reason I don’t use signal much is this link to a phone number.
Both because sometimes I don’t have a phone number. And I don’t want participants to know my phone number.
I don’t get why they have this requirement as it’s not like having a phone number means anything significant. For me, I think privacy includes my ability to not reveal my identity to the network.
- Vinnl 3y ago> And I don’t want participants to know my phone number. They're currently in the testing phase of allowing phone numbers not be known by your conversation partners: https://community.signalusers.org/t/public-username-testing-staging-environment/56866 https://community.signalusers.org/t/public-username-testing-...
- bitvoid 3y agoYou still need to register with a phone number though. Until that's no longer a requirement, I'm personally not using Signal.
- daddylongstroke 3y agoInteresting take. What is your current secure messenger of choice?