ijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 10 months 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 · 10 months agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarehottari@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoThis is how Signal should have been designed in the first place.
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoWithout phone-number based contact finding signal wouldn’t be relevant enough to matter.
minus-squareskuzz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIRC, AIM, and BBM did ok without it. We humans like talking to each other. We figure it out.
minus-squareerwan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 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👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months agoNone of those are relevant today, phone numbers still are.
minus-squarehottari@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 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.
None of those are relevant today, phone numbers still are.
Security and privacy be damned.