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But will the other person really have two distinct chats with me in their list then? One with my username and one with my phone# ?
by bertman 3y ago
But will the other person really have two distinct chats with me in their list then? One with my username and one with my phone# ?
- stavros 3y agoIt depends on whether you want your number to be discoverable. In either case, they'll only have one chat, with your username.
- bertman 3y agoYeah, so they will indeed be able to link my phone number to my username, even if the number is set to "hidden". This sounds unfortunate, but I guess there's no way around this as long as Signal insist on keeping phone numbers as primary identifier.
- stavros 3y agoHow will they be able to link your phone number to your username? They can't do anything with your number unless you choose to.
- bertman 3y ago>How will they be able to link... By "link" I mean they immediately know what person the username belongs to iff they already had that person's phone number because the chat that is initialized after they scan the QR code is just the old chat being continued.
- stavros 3y agoBut if they have my number, why would I be worried that they know my username? The username is there so I can avoid sharing my number, not the other way around.
- bertman 3y ago>not the other way around Exactly. I think that's important to know before people start giving out their Signal handles left and right because they think they're anonymous now.
- stavros 3y agoAh, that's what you mean. Yeah, if you want to be anonymous to Signal itself, I don't think that's possible. If you want to be anonymous to people, I think you can delete and recreate your account. I think that might do the trick.
- pyramid301 3y ago[dead]
- jcul 3y agoI don't think this is the case. If you set your privacy to nobody and someone saves your phone number, to them it will appear that you do not have a signal account, even if they start chatting with you via your handle.
- pyramid301 3y ago[dead]