ijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 年前Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number privatewww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1312arrow-down1external-linkSignal tests usernames that keep your phone number privatewww.bleepingcomputer.comijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 年前message-square35fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarehottari@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·1 年前This is how Signal should have been designed in the first place.
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32arrow-down1·1 年前Without phone-number based contact finding signal wouldn’t be relevant enough to matter.
minus-squareskuzz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·1 年前IRC, AIM, and BBM did ok without it. We humans like talking to each other. We figure it out.
minus-squareerwan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 年前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.
minus-squareSchmeckinger@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 年前Arent these 3 pretty irrelevant now(in the general population)? That doesn’t show a good track record.
minus-square👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·1 年前None 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.