ooli@lemmy.world to Privacy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoSignal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Datatheintercept.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarecorsicanguppylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·9 months agoMy phone is set up as a tablet. It has a number but cannot send/receive SMS or calls. It’s so great. But I guess signal’s number-elitism isn’t for me, still. K. I’ll be cryin’ into my $14 phone bills.
minus-squareLWD@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoIf you have a phone bill, you must have a phone number, right? Surely you can receive a single verification SMS without making a permanent dent in that phone bill.
My phone is set up as a tablet. It has a number but cannot send/receive SMS or calls.
It’s so great.
But I guess signal’s number-elitism isn’t for me, still. K. I’ll be cryin’ into my $14 phone bills.
If you have a phone bill, you must have a phone number, right? Surely you can receive a single verification SMS without making a permanent dent in that phone bill.