Asklemmy @lemmy.ml starman @programming.dev 3d ago

Can I share my Signal username publicly?

I'd put it on my website, which contains my real name anyway, but Signal says that I should only share it with people I trust. Also, the link (signal.me/...) contains long base64 string with unknown content. What do you think?

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Yeah it automatically obfuscates. Mine is *******, for example.
- Really?
  
  hunter12
  
  All my usernames & passwords are hunter12 and I don't mind sharing them everywhere because my smartphone always automatically turns it into asterisks because someone on 4chan told me so.
  
  Hey, it doesn't look obfuscated to me?
- classic runescape
You can share your signal username. Mine is donnietello.01

Once you've shared it, if you're getting a lot of spam you can just change it and it won't change anything about your current conversations. It's essentially just an invite link.
- All of Lemmy is now in your inbox
  
  Probably just two or three ultra-nerds.
  
  Art of Reverse Scraping. Now the previous commenter will get at least a couple known good Signal handles to spam for a little.
- If you change it, do you have to tell all your trusted contacts what you changed it to?
  
  Nope. Its not used for continued conversations. Just for starting them. If you change your username, your contacts will not see any difference.

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