Dr. Hax on Nostr: It's just like the username feature that people begged for since the ...

It's just like the username feature that people begged for since the RedPhone/TextSecure days ended so they wouldn't have to disclose their phone numbers to Signal and everyone they chat with.

Aftet roughly 8 years of pleading, the users finally got a partial win. Signal still forces everyone to give them a phone number, but you don't hand to give it out to everyone you know.

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nevent1q…9r93

This quote hits the nail on the head about #signal.

"Signal is finally tightening its desktop client's security by changing how it stores plain text encryption keys for the data store after downplaying the issue since 2018."

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/signal-downplays-encryption-key-flaw-fixes-it-after-x-drama/

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