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minus-squareAarynBlack@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·4 days agoIt’s top notch if you want to keep conversations private (NSA spying) with friends and family who already have your phone number (unique identifier used to create Signal profile)
minus-squareJoeyJoeJoeJr@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·4 days agoUsernames are a thing now, so it’s no longer necessary to share your phone number with other users.
minus-squarepumpkinseedoil@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 days agoStill good to make your contacts find you easily
minus-squaresudoer777@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoIt still requires a phone number to make an account though iirc
minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoYou can use usernames, so I think it’s great for communicating with people who you don’t want to share your phone number with too https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
minus-squareDuamerthrax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoMy friends already know my political opinions and my family would probably turn me in if they knew.
It’s top notch if you want to keep conversations private (NSA spying) with friends and family who already have your phone number (unique identifier used to create Signal profile)
Usernames are a thing now, so it’s no longer necessary to share your phone number with other users.
Still good to make your contacts find you easily
It still requires a phone number to make an account though iirc
You can use usernames, so I think it’s great for communicating with people who you don’t want to share your phone number with too
https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
My friends already know my political opinions and my family would probably turn me in if they knew.