Agreed. It’s ridiculous that they’re even calling this feature usernames, since you still need a phone number, thus completely defeating the purpose of a “username”.
For most services to sign up, you also need an email address. This is also to help you recover your account in case you lost your password. A phone number can be used for this purpose too. Now you can share your Signal account with someone without sharing your phone number. Like you can share your Facebook username without sharing your email address.
Heh, I donate monthly to the Signal foundation but still get the occasional notification in the app to do so. In some sense, I am paying them anonymously :D
Agreed. It’s ridiculous that they’re even calling this feature usernames, since you still need a phone number, thus completely defeating the purpose of a “username”.
For most services to sign up, you also need an email address. This is also to help you recover your account in case you lost your password. A phone number can be used for this purpose too. Now you can share your Signal account with someone without sharing your phone number. Like you can share your Facebook username without sharing your email address.
Email addresses can be anonymous, though, unlike (for the majority of people) phone numbers.
This. And a way to pay signal anonymously? A workaround for some apps, is to have friends gift you support tokens.
> And a way to pay signal anonymously?
Heh, I donate monthly to the Signal foundation but still get the occasional notification in the app to do so. In some sense, I am paying them anonymously :D
Why do you want to pay them?
Why does anyone donate to positive social causes?
I have found that web services, I don't pay for, either fail, or turn me into a product.
Being a product < Being a customer
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