Yup, I was on an international trip with hardly any data allowance when all of a sudden my messages stopped sending, and I couldn't receive any new ones... That'll never happen with SMS. I love Signal, but some of their product decisions have been questionable.
The way they say "privacy settings will be honored by everyone using an official Signal app." kinda suggests they're gonna let third parties keep getting this info...
They won't. It'll be similar to message timers or delete for everyone. You can revoke sharing your number and it will be hidden in official apps but third party apps won't magically forget the number that was previously shared. However if you choose not to share your number from the start, no one will be able to see your number.
The answer is almost certainly no. It means the old APIs that expose phone numbers will stop working in 90 days. And old clients along with them.
I have not investigated this at all, but I have enough faith in Signal/Whisper Systems to be optimistic.
Found out the hard way that the old versions do stop working. You don't even get message notifications if your app is out of date.
Yup, I was on an international trip with hardly any data allowance when all of a sudden my messages stopped sending, and I couldn't receive any new ones... That'll never happen with SMS. I love Signal, but some of their product decisions have been questionable.
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The way they say "privacy settings will be honored by everyone using an official Signal app." kinda suggests they're gonna let third parties keep getting this info...
They won't. It'll be similar to message timers or delete for everyone. You can revoke sharing your number and it will be hidden in official apps but third party apps won't magically forget the number that was previously shared. However if you choose not to share your number from the start, no one will be able to see your number.
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