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submitted 4 months ago by starman@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

I'd put it on my website, which contains my real name anyway, but Signal says that I should only share it with people I trust. Also, the link (signal.me/...) contains long base64 string with unknown content. What do you think?

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[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah it automatically obfuscates. Mine is *******, for example.

[-] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 39 points 4 months ago
[-] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 23 points 4 months ago

Hey, it doesn't look obfuscated to me?

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

That's because it's your username. To you it shows normal, all I see is hunter12. See?

[-] gianni@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 months ago

God I miss bash.org

[-] Jondar@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago
[-] statist43@feddit.de 2 points 4 months ago

To me it does, maybe your phone has automatic encryption. Maybe send.your passwords so we can see if its decrypting automatically or not /s

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

All my usernames & passwords are hunter12 and I don't mind sharing them everywhere because my smartphone always automatically turns it into asterisks because someone on 4chan told me so.

[-] BurningTurtle@feddit.org 7 points 4 months ago

classic runescape

[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 27 points 4 months ago

You can share your signal username. Mine is donnietello.01

Once you've shared it, if you're getting a lot of spam you can just change it and it won't change anything about your current conversations. It's essentially just an invite link.

[-] BurningTurtle@feddit.org 37 points 4 months ago

All of Lemmy is now in your inbox

[-] 667@lemmy.radio 18 points 4 months ago

Art of Reverse Scraping. Now the previous commenter will get at least a couple known good Signal handles to spam for a little.

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 5 points 4 months ago

And now has trained more AI than anyone else.

Taps forehead.

[-] sunzu@kbin.run 9 points 4 months ago
[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Probably just two or three ultra-nerds.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

If you change it, do you have to tell all your trusted contacts what you changed it to?

[-] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 5 points 4 months ago

Nope. Its not used for continued conversations. Just for starting them. If you change your username, your contacts will not see any difference.

this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2024
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