You do realize that the only reason Signal added usernames in the first place was because of privacy advocates like myself calling them out on it, right?
It took many years before they finally added usernames, and their system is better because of it. Now the same privacy advocates are calling for them to finish the job and removing phone numbers entirely.
Many of us also feel like Signal should move away from centralization, allow the 100% open source version of their app to be published in the official F-droid repos, and a number of other improvements.
Dr. Hax
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2024-05-25 03:37:31
in reply to nevent1q…53sy
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