ijeffM to [email protected]English • 8 months agoSignal tests usernames that keep your phone number privatewww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1323arrow-down16cross-posted to: android[email protected]
arrow-up1317arrow-down1external-linkSignal tests usernames that keep your phone number privatewww.bleepingcomputer.comijeffM to [email protected]English • 8 months agomessage-square35fedilinkcross-posted to: android[email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish31•8 months agoWithout phone-number based contact finding signal wouldn’t be relevant enough to matter.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agoIRC, AIM, and BBM did ok without it. We humans like talking to each other. We figure it out.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•8 months agoArent these 3 pretty irrelevant now(in the general population)? That doesn’t show a good track record.
minus-square👁️👄👁️linkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months agoNone of those are relevant today, phone numbers still are.
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.