ijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 3 years agoSignal tests usernames that keep your phone number privatewww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1323arrow-down16
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minus-squarehottari@lemmy.mldeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down2·3 years agoThis is how Signal should have been designed in the first place.
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·3 years agoWithout phone-number based contact finding signal wouldn’t be relevant enough to matter.
minus-squarehottari@lemmy.mldeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 years agoSecurity and privacy be damned.
minus-squareskuzz@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·3 years agodeleted by creator
minus-squareerwan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·3 years 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-up9arrow-down1·3 years agoArent these 3 pretty irrelevant now(in the general population)? That doesn’t show a good track record.
minus-square👁️👄👁️@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down2·3 years 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.
Security and privacy be damned.
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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.