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ZeroCool to [email protected]English •
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Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private

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Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private

www.bleepingcomputer.com

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Signal is now testing public usernames that allow users to conceal the phone numbers linked to their accounts while communicating with others.

Link to discussion on the Signal community forums

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    1•2 years ago

    Is it even possible to block Tor? You could block specific exit nodes, but not all of them unless you had a way to detect when someone was using Tor.

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      The list of tor exit ips is publicly viewable. Some IPS block the entire list contrary to Tor Project’s request not to do exactly that.

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        1•2 years ago

        Gotcha, thanks.

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