Florencia (she/her) to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 7 months agoFBI Warns iPhone And Android Users—Stop Sending Textswww.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square74arrow-up1210
arrow-up1210external-linkFBI Warns iPhone And Android Users—Stop Sending Textswww.forbes.comFlorencia (she/her) to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square74
minus-square@Manalith@midwest.sociallinkfedilink2•7 months agoNot really a work around, but you could get a VOIP number from MySudo or Hushed or a similar service and use that to sign up for Signal. Might at least be more private if you go about it with like a prepaid card and temp email or something.
minus-square@Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months agoI thought signal switched to allow usernames a few months ago
minus-squareyoumaynotknowlinkfedilink5•7 months agoYou can hide your phone number from other users, bit still need a phone number to sign up or to use your account.
Not really a work around, but you could get a VOIP number from MySudo or Hushed or a similar service and use that to sign up for Signal. Might at least be more private if you go about it with like a prepaid card and temp email or something.
I thought signal switched to allow usernames a few months ago
You can hide your phone number from other users, bit still need a phone number to sign up or to use your account.