Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number privatewww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkcross-posted to: android@programming.devprivacy@lemmy.ml ijeff ( @ijeff@lemdro.id ) M Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 11 months ago message-square22fedilinkarrow-up1198
arrow-up1198external-linkSignal tests usernames that keep your phone number privatewww.bleepingcomputer.com ijeff ( @ijeff@lemdro.id ) M Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 11 months ago message-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: android@programming.devprivacy@lemmy.ml
minus-square hottari ( @hottari@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish14•11 months agoThis is how Signal should have been designed in the first place.
minus-square nova_ad_vitum ( @nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglish21•11 months agoWithout phone-number based contact finding signal wouldn’t be relevant enough to matter.
minus-square skuzz ( @skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agoIRC, AIM, and BBM did ok without it. We humans like talking to each other. We figure it out.
minus-square erwan ( @erwan@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish6•11 months 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 ( @Schmeckinger@feddit.de ) linkfedilinkEnglish5•11 months agoArent these 3 pretty irrelevant now(in the general population)? That doesn’t show a good track record.
minus-square 👁️👄👁️ ( @mojo@lemm.ee ) linkfedilinkEnglish3•11 months agoNone of those are relevant today, phone numbers still are.
minus-square hottari ( @hottari@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agoSecurity and privacy be damned.
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.