Signal tests usernames so you can avoid sharing your phone number https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/9/23953603/signal-username-feature-test-phone-numbers-privacy-security-pre-beta-2024-launch?utm_content=buffer80076&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=buffer
@verge @krisfreedain I wish ANY of my family and friends cared about their security and privacy enough to use this with me.
@reay that does make it a challenge
@krisfreedain Hell, it’s been years of work to get my wife and kid off Gmail, and they still tend to default to it anyway. Friends and other family? Zero traction.
Like, would they mail a letter to someone in an envelope that was unsealed?
Absolutely not.
Why?
Because then anyone en route could read it and maybe get up to no good with the information.
Ok, so then let’s get you off Gmail.
… what? Why?