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Signal Blog: Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames (signal.org)
submitted 9 months ago by UNIX84@beehaw.org to c/foss@beehaw.org
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Finally, we can have usernames in Signal instead of giving our phone number to everybody.

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[–] debanqued@beehaw.org 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You’re referring to anonymity, not privacy.

Anonymity is part of privacy; not a dichotomy.