I thought phone numbers were no longer required to use Signal but that would be too good to be true.
You still need them for registering an account and the hash of the phone number still your "public ID" when it comes to the protocol.
The only change is that you can start a new chat by sharing a changeable username and you can hide your phone number from your Signal contacts.
It's still a positive step, but I expected more and now that I know this is what 'signal usernames' amounts to, I'm left disappointed.
sommerfeld
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2024-02-21 01:02:48
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npub16r0tl8a39hhcrapa03559xahsjqj4s0y6t2n5gpdk64v06jtgekqdkz5plPublished at
2024-02-21 01:02:48Event JSON
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"content": "I thought phone numbers were no longer required to use Signal but that would be too good to be true.\n\nYou still need them for registering an account and the hash of the phone number still your \"public ID\" when it comes to the protocol.\nThe only change is that you can start a new chat by sharing a changeable username and you can hide your phone number from your Signal contacts.\n\nIt's still a positive step, but I expected more and now that I know this is what 'signal usernames' amounts to, I'm left disappointed.",
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