71
submitted 3 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Yes, you can use Signal without sharing your personal phone number. Here’s how I did it.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] Manmoth@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Why do people feel the need to split hairs with these terms?

He's not splitting hairs. It's just a different value proposition. I don't like the phone number requirement either but it makes sense to your average normie who realizes SMS is exposed plaintext. Something like an anonymous seed phrase as the key to your account would confuse most people. Email would be an improvement but it's at best pseudonymous.

this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2024
71 points (88.2% liked)

Privacy

31930 readers
703 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Related communities

Chat rooms

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS