ijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year agoSignal tests usernames that keep your phone number privatewww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkSignal tests usernames that keep your phone number privatewww.bleepingcomputer.comijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWithout phone-number based contact finding signal wouldn’t be relevant enough to matter.
minus-squareskuzz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIRC, AIM, and BBM did ok without it. We humans like talking to each other. We figure it out.
minus-squareerwan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoNone of those are relevant today, phone numbers still are.
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.
None of those are relevant today, phone numbers still are.
Security and privacy be damned.