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Signal tests usernames that keep your phone number private (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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[-] pedroapero@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They will allow to hide your phone number from your profile, but what about your profile name ? This will identify you after your username is used. So you must also remove your name from your profile, this will confuse your previous contacts (I'm not sure if names come from profile or contact list actually).

I feel the options for phone number display are not sufficient to have several privacy profiles.

[-] blazera@kbin.social -4 points 1 year ago

Im an idiot visiting from the front page. But this headline without context is wild.

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