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amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago- Phone numbers are not any easier than usernames, and contacts do sync via XMPP. Frictonlessness is secondary to the functionality of the app.
- You act like anonymity is a toggle switch. There are levels to how personally identifiable a user ID is, and at the very top top level are phone numbers.
Phone Numbers < Chosen Usernames (XMPP) < Singular Random User IDs (Session), < Per-Conversation Randomized User IDs (SimpleX).
You also aren’t taking into account metadata, whose availablity is directly impacted by a messenger’s user ID system.
Trying to make the argument the phone number requirement isn’t Signal’s biggest detractor, but is actually a positive feature, are based on nothing but you thinking that.
MagneticFusion@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Anonymity is a toggle switch, privacy isn’t. Anonymity is either you know who is the person behind this or you don’t. Privacy is how much information you know about this person.
amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Fair point, you’re correct. I should have said that it doesnt matter if Signal is meant for private instead of anonymous communications when its user id system inherently has privacy flaws.