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IT'S HAPPENING??? (Usernames??) Signal 7.0.0 has been commited for Android (community.signalusers.org)

submitted 9 months ago by testeronious@lemmy.world to c/signal@lemmy.ml

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[–] tkk13909@sopuli.xyz 14 points 9 months ago

Let's go!!!

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Well it would be better if a phone number wasn't required for registration but it's still much better than nothing

[–] drrlvn@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Would be much harder to fight spam without phone numbers, unfortunately.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago

Celebrate 🥳

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Will you be able to sign up on the web without a phone number and never need the app? My friend doesn't want to install the signal app but would be happy to use the website, if there was one.

[–] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

So if you've had an account attached to a phone number, and you want to switch to a username.

How does that work?

Presumably your username would/could be linked to your phone number-account, right?

[–] Neon@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

You still need the Number for verificartion purposes.

The Username can be given out to people you don't want to give your phone number to to hide it, but you still need it.

[–] sag@lemm.ee 3 points 9 months ago

It will be like Telegram Username system

[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

You don't "switch" to a username. Think of a username like a phone number alias that you can change. Username is kind of a misnomer