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Usernames are now rolling out to everyone using Signal version 7.0! (mastodon.world)

submitted 11 months ago by celmit@lemmy.ca to c/signal@lemmy.ml

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[–] Extrasvhx9he 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

But wouldn't that just put you at risk of spam and other malicious messages?

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 0 points 11 months ago

In addition to what the other user said, usernames are both optional and easy to change in order to prevent spammers from finding you. Plus, they can only make so many accounts themselves, with the phone number limitation in tow.

[–] something_random_tho@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Don’t accept the message/block them? Same as any other DM system. Or just change your username.