Comment on Using Signal groups for activism
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI haven’t used the groups, but I know you CAN opt to use usernames now.
Comment on Using Signal groups for activism
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI haven’t used the groups, but I know you CAN opt to use usernames now.
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
My username is my name.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I mean, if you’re using your name as your username, you can’t really complain that Signal doesn’t let you be private. That’s on you.
Ulrich@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
No, that’s not me. Signal should let me join groups without my username (this is what SimpleX does)
The point is not to blame Signal, the point is to highlight that it’s not safe to join these groups with Signal for this reason, unless you use it exclusively for this purpose, which is also not good, because then it means you’re not using it for your private/personal communications.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Or you could…you know… NOT use your name as your screen name. That’s like buying a hammer and complaining that the nail remover side isn’t efficient at removing screws. Well…yeah. You’re not meant to use it that way.