ijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year agoSignal tests usernames that keep your phone number privatewww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1312arrow-down15cross-posted to: android@programming.devprivacy
arrow-up1307arrow-down1external-linkSignal tests usernames that keep your phone number privatewww.bleepingcomputer.comijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: android@programming.devprivacy
minus-squarehottarilinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down2·1 year agoThis is how Signal should have been designed in the first place.
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·1 year agoWithout phone-number based contact finding signal wouldn’t be relevant enough to matter.
minus-squareskuzz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·1 year agoIRC, AIM, and BBM did ok without it. We humans like talking to each other. We figure it out.
minus-squareerwanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 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-squareSchmeckinger@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoArent these 3 pretty irrelevant now(in the general population)? That doesn’t show a good track record.
minus-square👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 year 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.
Security and privacy be damned.
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.