ijeffM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 2 years agoSignal tests usernames that keep your phone number privatewww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square35arrow-up1319cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1319external-linkSignal tests usernames that keep your phone number privatewww.bleepingcomputer.comijeffM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square35cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
minus-square@hottari@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish18•2 years agoThis is how Signal should have been designed in the first place.
minus-square@nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish31•2 years agoWithout phone-number based contact finding signal wouldn’t be relevant enough to matter.
minus-square@skuzz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoIRC, AIM, and BBM did ok without it. We humans like talking to each other. We figure it out.
minus-square@erwan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish11•2 years agoThose were before the smartphone era. Humans like to talk to each other, but when an easier choice exist the slightly harder one doesn’t stand a chance.
minus-square@Schmeckinger@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 years agoArent these 3 pretty irrelevant now(in the general population)? That doesn’t show a good track record.
minus-square👁️👄👁️linkfedilinkEnglish6•2 years agoNone of those are relevant today, phone numbers still are.
This is how Signal should have been designed in the first place.
Without phone-number based contact finding signal wouldn’t be relevant enough to matter.
IRC, AIM, and BBM did ok without it. We humans like talking to each other. We figure it out.
Those were before the smartphone era.
Humans like to talk to each other, but when an easier choice exist the slightly harder one doesn’t stand a chance.
Arent these 3 pretty irrelevant now(in the general population)? That doesn’t show a good track record.
None of those are relevant today, phone numbers still are.
Security and privacy be damned.