#Signal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Data
theintercept.com/2024/03/04/si… by @micahflee
"In short, if you’re worried about Signal handing over your phone number to law enforcement based on your username, you should only set a username when you want someone to contact you, and then delete it afterward. And each time, always set a different username."
Signal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Data
Ephemeral usernames instead of phone numbers safeguard privacy — and makes the Signal messenger app even harder to subpoena.Micah Lee (The Intercept)
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in reply to feld • • •I don't know where you do see the issue.
I think it's very cleverl
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in reply to feld • • •Hehe.
Then think of all other services out there. Anything. I don't think that you'll get a better situation anywhere.
This new Signal features are unique and provide many interesting use-cases that we did not have until now.
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Unknown parent • • •@meowski @nicholas @feld @waltercool I do have a doctorate degree in computer science and fail to use Matrix without red warnings all over the place. Even with the help of Matrix gurus on the CCC Camp 23 it was not possible to fix the situation.
Matrix is really impractical. A very large difference to the UX of Signal.