= Contact people on Signal without sharing your phone number
{tag=Messaging software that force you to share your mobile phone with contacts}
This is a deal breaker for online acquaintances:
* https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/231637/signal-contact-people-or-have-people-contact-me-without-revealing-phone-numbe/245665#245665
* https://community.signalusers.org/t/have-option-to-set-up-username/8723
* https://www.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/8kybil/is_signal_ever_going_to_include_usernames/
* https://community.signalusers.org/t/usernames-lets-throw-phone-numbers-in-the-dustbin-of-history/7282
* remove need for phone completely:
* https://community.signalusers.org/t/a-proposal-for-alternative-primary-identifiers/3023
* https://community.signalusers.org/t/remove-the-need-for-a-mobile-phone/1543
* https://community.signalusers.org/t/registering-with-an-email-address/919
* https://community.signalusers.org/t/username-id-registration-without-phone-number/9800
* https://community.signalusers.org/t/more-reasons-why-signal-should-ditch-phone-numbers-the-guardian-confirmed-the-identity-of-those-in-the-chat-by-cross-checking-phone-numbers-attached-to-the-signal-accounts/7311
* https://community.signalusers.org/t/why-is-phone-and-phone-number-required/1425 https://community.signalusers.org/t/what-is-the-technical-reason-that-i-cannot-use-signal-without-a-phone-number-and-that-i-cannot-use-signal-desktop-without-signal-on-my-phone/11400
Beta February 2024: https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
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