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Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by ZeroCool@feddit.ch to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] shotgun_crab@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I guess that's true, but I'd prefer the phone number part being optional. If you don't give it, you don't get access to the easy migration or discovery features, but you get to hide your phone number.

Edit: It's not that I don't trust them, either.