Ehhhh
Signal lost a lot of my love when they removed SMS support
this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2023
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Especially when your identity on Signal is STILL only tied to a phone number, instead of a username, and there is nothing less private than actually giving out your real phone number.
Absolutely baffling.
Giving out a phone number harms anonymity, which is something they never claimed to give you.
I'd like not having to use my number as much as you, but lets be angry about it for the right reasons, at least
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sms is useless tho?
it's basically a confirmation code delivery system, with some ads and spam
It's not useless in western countries. We don't all have our entire country communicating via Metas WhatsApp lol
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That is dumb that they'd remove a feature, but I tried it and switched back to a dedicated texting app. The feature wasn't full featured enough for me to want to use it.
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Lol, that was the worst feature ever. If you forgot disabling it at install, it was nearly impossible to see it's going to be a sms or signal message. (Especially for people who aren't tech savvy)
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