People are putting too much thought into this. It’s discovery. Signal is a WhatsApp alternative. You switch from WhatsApp and want to know which of your contacts you can still talk to? No action necessary, you can do it right away.
I guess that’s true, but I’d prefer the phone number part being optional. If you don’t give it, you don’t get access to the easy migration or discovery features, but you get to hide your phone number.
People are putting too much thought into this. It’s discovery. Signal is a WhatsApp alternative. You switch from WhatsApp and want to know which of your contacts you can still talk to? No action necessary, you can do it right away.
Simple as.
Try doing that without a phone number.
I guess that’s true, but I’d prefer the phone number part being optional. If you don’t give it, you don’t get access to the easy migration or discovery features, but you get to hide your phone number.
Edit: It’s not that I don’t trust them, either.