this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2024
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The Signal messenger and protocol.

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[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago

Let's go!!!

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well it would be better if a phone number wasn't required for registration but it's still much better than nothing

[–] drrlvn@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would be much harder to fight spam without phone numbers, unfortunately.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

Celebrate 🥳

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Will you be able to sign up on the web without a phone number and never need the app? My friend doesn't want to install the signal app but would be happy to use the website, if there was one.

[–] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So if you've had an account attached to a phone number, and you want to switch to a username.

How does that work?

Presumably your username would/could be linked to your phone number-account, right?

[–] Neon@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

You still need the Number for verificartion purposes.

The Username can be given out to people you don't want to give your phone number to to hide it, but you still need it.

[–] sag@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

It will be like Telegram Username system

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

You don't "switch" to a username. Think of a username like a phone number alias that you can change. Username is kind of a misnomer