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Signal Blog: Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames (signal.org)

submitted 9 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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[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (10 children)

Too little too late, I'm afraid.

I would love to use Signal more, but I have it for only 1 friend. No one else I know uses it. And the fact that they don't support SMS is I imagine a large contributing factor.

(Yes, I know SMS is inherently insecure & unprivate, but having that support is a good way to get users' foots in the door, and also what good is a totally secure platform if no one uses it?)

[–] sfera@beehaw.org 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's never too late. "Back then", when I started using Signal (called TextSecure), only one other single friend used it. Nowadays, almost all my personal contacts use it. Every additional Signal user adds a contact in someone other's address book as a potential Signal contact. It just takes time. Good luck!

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Okay, then, let me reiterate, for now it seems to be too little too late.

And thank you.

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