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7eter@feddit.de to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Signal introduces usernames and phone number privacy.

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Signal introduces usernames and phone number privacy.

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7eter@feddit.de to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames
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Signal’s mission and sole focus is private communication. For years, Signal has kept your messages private, your profile information (like your name and profile photo) private, your contacts private, and your groups private – among much else. Now we’re taking that one step further, by making your...
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    It makes bots more expensive to create, therefore fewer will be created.

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      It doesn’t stop anyone though. Expensive is relative when you convince a Grandma to give you her $1000 check for a $5 phone number.

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