JWZ weighs in on Signal again
JWZ weighs in on Signal again
Because of the ongoing fucktastrophe, the cries of "Use SIGNAL!" are constant and unavoidable. And I get it, it may be the least-bad option in a sea of terrible options. If, that is, you choose to ignore the advice of "don't use your phone for that shit" (the Stringer Bell Rule). But out of curiosit...
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The big upside of signal is that it is better then SMS, and has more adoption then any of the other reasonable options. Adoption is still not enough to make it that useful when compared with Messenger and SMS and even with this addressbook thing your complaining about trying to drive it.
Big downsides abound too including needing a phone number, and being tied to a phone.
I thought they changed the phone number requirement? Or was that a fever dream I had?
No, it still requires a phone number, but you can hide your phone numbers from other users now.
Ah that’s what it is.
You can share a name or handle now but I think you still need the phone number otherwise though you no longer have to share it.
Yep, the number is still required as a bs "are you human" check, but signal doesn't stop you from using gvoice or other voip services like twilio.