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Signal Blog: Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames (signal.org)
submitted 10 months ago by UNIX84@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org
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Finally, we can have usernames in Signal instead of giving our phone number to everybody.

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[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You're referring to anonymity, not privacy.

Matrix/Element is slower than shit. I don't understand why anyone recommends this.

Session is also slow but that's not even a problem because I don't know anyone who's even heard of it, much less used it, and that's mostly because it doesn't have phone numbers.

At least some people I know are on Signal and I can easily discover them by phone #. Or at least I used to.

[-] debanqued@beehaw.org 7 points 10 months ago

You’re referring to anonymity, not privacy.

Anonymity is part of privacy; not a dichotomy.

[-] derin@lemmy.beru.co 4 points 10 months ago

Been using matrix as my primary communication method (including bridges to other networks for things like Slack and WhatsApp) for over 3 years now, doesn't feel slow?

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