If signal gets the new username feature, this just might be what i do, so fricking tired of people just blindly giving random apps and websites their contact permissions and they get my contact as well, and there’s nothing i can do about it

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’m lucky there. I moved across the country and never changed my phone number, but the few people who would call me from where I used to live are already in my contacts, so I know that 99% of the time, if it’s a local or regional area code to where I live now, it’s not a spam call. It’s been true for 10 years now. I don’t know if there is a way to get a phone number from another area code where you don’t live, but it would be a good solution for some people.

      • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Exactly this. I setup a number in Trello from a zero population county, and I have a rule set up that if anybody calls that number from that same area code, to just drop the call. Really cuts down on spam effectively.

        But even if signal moves to nicknames, the phone number is the identity, so you better not lose that Sim card.