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It seems useless to me, at least regarding the cybersecurity aspect. Of course, it's helpful when people ask for my contact information, and I don't want to share my phone number or email address.

But they still require information that could be used to prove or be linked to my identity for registration, right? This means a hacker could still reveal your IP address, phone number, email, and your passcode. Likewise, the development team can access these as well.

I know I'm overly cautious about my privacy, but that's just how I am.

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[–] fubo@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

So if I claim fubo as a username on Signal, that means what? Nobody else can use that username? If so, it's another global namespace, same as Twitter; ten or twenty years in the future, someone's gonna want to be reclaiming disused usernames.

(What if I want to be fubo to some people, and MissCatPictures to other people? Can I do that from one phone? One phone number?)

[–] starlord@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What if I want to be fubo to some people, and MissCatPictures to other people?

Use SimpleX

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The question is about the functionality of signal

[–] starlord@lemm.ee 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I meant only to address what I specifically quoted. The feature of using multiple identities, separately for each contact, is baked right into SimpleX and works amazingly well.

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 0 points 10 months ago

Sounds neat, I'll look into it