@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoPrivacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensivesignal.orgexternal-linkmessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up1622cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareMargot RobbielinkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoEspecially when your identity on Signal is STILL only tied to a phone number, instead of a username, and there is nothing less private than actually giving out your real phone number. Absolutely baffling.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 years agoI heard they gonna introduce usernames for sharing your acc. but to make one u still need a phone to create an acc. which I understand.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoYes, except telegram will track u and stuff, u guys don’t know the point of Signal?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoGiving out a phone number harms anonymity, which is something they never claimed to give you. I’d like not having to use my number as much as you, but lets be angry about it for the right reasons, at least
Especially when your identity on Signal is STILL only tied to a phone number, instead of a username, and there is nothing less private than actually giving out your real phone number.
Absolutely baffling.
I heard they gonna introduce usernames for sharing your acc. but to make one u still need a phone to create an acc. which I understand.
so just like in telegram?
Yes, except telegram will track u and stuff, u guys don’t know the point of Signal?
Giving out a phone number harms anonymity, which is something they never claimed to give you.
I’d like not having to use my number as much as you, but lets be angry about it for the right reasons, at least