Sunshine (she/her) to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 day agoSignal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?techcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1257arrow-down12
arrow-up1255arrow-down1external-linkSignal is the No. 1 downloaded app in the Netherlands. But why?techcrunch.comSunshine (she/her) to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square108fedilink
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 hours agoExactly. And requiring a phone number enables convenience features like: account recovery find contacts be found by other people Once you have an account, you can disable the phone number and use Hawks usernames instead (can be changed at will) of disable discovery entirely. It’s a pretty reasonable limitation IMO.
minus-squareeinfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 minutes ago“Account recovery”, yeah but by whom? “Find contacts”, dont you know who u wana talk with? “be found by other people” ???
Exactly. And requiring a phone number enables convenience features like:
Once you have an account, you can disable the phone number and use Hawks usernames instead (can be changed at will) of disable discovery entirely.
It’s a pretty reasonable limitation IMO.
“Account recovery”, yeah but by whom?
“Find contacts”, dont you know who u wana talk with?
“be found by other people” ???