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Signal Blog: Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames (signal.org)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Finally, we can have usernames in Signal instead of giving our phone number to everybody.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Step in the right direction, which is appreciated...

But: https://fosstodon.org/@link2xt/111965597727225353

Server can look up account identifier (username) and also phone number by username.