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   Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 06:22:45 JST Joe Ortiz

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   • Aaron Toponce ⚛️:debian:
   • Matt Panhans
   • PublicLewdness

   @mpanhans @atoponce @publiclewdness I won't celebrate as they still require you to give them your phone number. It's a step in the right direction for sure but more needs to be done if they want more people (especially anonymity and privacy-focused people) to use it.

   This essay (especially these two sections) are must-reads and still resonates:

   https://dessalines.github.io/essays/why_not_signal.html#phone--identifiers

   https://dessalines.github.io/essays/why_not_signal.html#what-makes-a-good-messaging-platform

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     Matt Panhans (mpanhans@social.librem.one)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 06:22:47 JST Matt Panhans

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     • Aaron Toponce ⚛️:debian:

     @atoponce That's great. Wasn't sure this day would ever actually arrive!

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     Aaron Toponce ⚛️:debian: (atoponce@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Feb-2024 06:22:48 JST Aaron Toponce ⚛️:debian:

     #Signal now supports usernames.

     https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/