'Signal tests usernames to avoid using phone numbers.' Great move?
cybernews.com
It seems useless to me, at least regarding the cybersecurity aspect. Of course, it's helpful when people ask for my contact information, and I don't want to share my phone number or email address.
But they still require information that could be used to prove or be linked to my identity for registration, right? This means a hacker could still reveal your IP address, phone number, email, and your passcode. Likewise, the development team can access these as well.
I know I'm overly cautious about my privacy, but that's just how I am.
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So if I claim
fuboas a username on Signal, that means what? Nobody else can use that username? If so, it's another global namespace, same as Twitter; ten or twenty years in the future, someone's gonna want to be reclaiming disused usernames.(What if I want to be
fuboto some people, andMissCatPicturesto other people? Can I do that from one phone? One phone number?)In the current Staging implementation, you pick a username (which you can change), and the app picks a two-digit suffix to your username.
Oh, so can I keep trying until I get to be
fubo69? Nice.(I am a heavy Signal user; it's my primary messaging service for people I know IRL. It's where I post cute pictures of my housemates' cats. I really want the Signal folks to get stuff right and not mess it up.)
Sure, unless the username+suffix is already taken.
Use SimpleX
The question is about the functionality of signal
I meant only to address what I specifically quoted. The feature of using multiple identities, separately for each contact, is baked right into SimpleX and works amazingly well.
Sounds neat, I'll look into it
Jami allows that, and I think Cwtch does as well. SimpleX doesn't have usernames at all.