ijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 8 months agoSignal tests usernames that keep your phone number privatewww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1323cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1323external-linkSignal tests usernames that keep your phone number privatewww.bleepingcomputer.comijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squarehottari@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·8 months agoThis is how Signal should have been designed in the first place.
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·8 months agoWithout phone-number based contact finding signal wouldn’t be relevant enough to matter.
minus-squareskuzz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoIRC, AIM, and BBM did ok without it. We humans like talking to each other. We figure it out.
minus-squareerwan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 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-squareSchmeckinger@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoArent these 3 pretty irrelevant now(in the general population)? That doesn’t show a good track record.
minus-square👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months 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.
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.