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ZeroCool to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish •
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Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private

www.bleepingcomputer.com

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Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private

www.bleepingcomputer.com

ZeroCool to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish •
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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

  • Instantnudeln
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    40•2 years ago

    What is this stupid website. Cant open it because they have banned my IP. Why the fuck do they ban MullvadVPN servers?

    • @settinmoon@lemmy.ml
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      24•2 years ago

      Some malicious users do use VPNs to send spams and many websites automatically bans these IPs. Normally switching to a different VPN server will resolve the issue.

    • @Pantherina@feddit.de
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      9•2 years ago

      https://community.signalusers.org/t/public-username-testing-staging-environment/56866

    • @mateomaui@reddthat.com
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      8•2 years ago

      Banned on my VPN, too, good to know I shouldn’t be aggravated at my service.

    • @muhyb@programming.dev
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      8•2 years ago

      Surprisingly it’s fine on Tor.

      • @AeroLemming@lemm.ee
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        • @Railing5132@lemmy.world
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          4•2 years ago

          The firewall I manage at work blocks tor exit nodes and app traffic at the application layer.

        • @LoveSausage@lemmygrad.ml
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          3•2 years ago

          Cloudflare can do it at least

        • @TauZero@mander.xyz
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          3•2 years ago

          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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      • ferret
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        Tor probably can’t carry enough traffic to concern them

    • ZeroCoolOP
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      2 years ago

      Try a different server. I’ve never had any issues accessing bleepingcomputer with Mullvad.

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