▲ 206 ▼ Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private (www.wired.com) submitted 2 years ago by issue0315@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12200311 Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private
[+] LWD@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vorpuni@jlai.lu 0 points 2 years ago A lot, but farming phone numbers from poor countries is also cheap and Signal sends them insanely expensive SMS. There is no perfect solution, spammers aren't stupid. Since Signal is centralised they can enforce PoW incrementally if they get reports for spam, I still think it is way better than hCaptcha which is garbage. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vorpuni@jlai.lu 0 points 2 years ago A lot, but farming phone numbers from poor countries is also cheap and Signal sends them insanely expensive SMS. There is no perfect solution, spammers aren't stupid. Since Signal is centralised they can enforce PoW incrementally if they get reports for spam, I still think it is way better than hCaptcha which is garbage. permalink fedilink source parent