I think its great. Its for people who simply don't want to share their phone number with other people which is a huge privacy concern, as you can find out a lot about a person by looking up info connected to their phone number.
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Just yesterday, somebody commented that Signal might be adding the feature in a few weeks. I was incredulous, assuming it would be months.
Nope. As soon as I saw this, I went looking for an app update, installed it, and made a username.
To be fair, it has already been years
It has kinda been a meme that it's coming for years
Hi, "somebody" here o/
Relevant info about the username/accountid implementation: https://fosstodon.org/@link2xt/111965597727225353
This is important context. Signal needs to make phone numbers optional...
Nah.
Yeah.
Still register with a phone number is a red flag. I prefer SimpleX.
omg so cool right? they finally invented usernames. IRC is jealous.
It was nice to use it in nightly. It's good it came to stable.
I mean it's nice but I do not know a single pirson who uses signal
Hi friend!
Now you do.
Great feature, but if I'm reading it correctly, you won't be able to chat with someone anonymously (because your profile will still be shared). Are there good apps for that?
SimpleX was the best for my purposes when I looked, but Briar is a compelling option as well.
The case can also be made for element, but it lacks forward secrecy and honestly the app kinda sucks.
SimpleX
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Threema?
Great, I'll get more spam
Did you read the article? I don’t think temporary usernames will increase spam.
I just got a unknown sender sending me unsolicited junk and that's never happened before
Telegram have this in a long time, and I never got any spam messages.
Try to read the article instead.
Don't bother with this person. All I've seen them do is read the post's title and produce an (often inappropriate) reaction to said title. Peak Redditor.