@celmit@lemmy.ca to The Signal messenger and protocol.@lemmy.mlEnglish • 5 months agoSignal now lets you keep your phone number private with the launch of usernamestechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down11
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkSignal now lets you keep your phone number private with the launch of usernamestechcrunch.com@celmit@lemmy.ca to The Signal messenger and protocol.@lemmy.mlEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-square@SuperSynthia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-2•5 months agoCan someone explain the overall use case of signal? I know it’s good for encrypted chats and that’s about it :(
minus-squareɐɥOlinkfedilinkEnglish6•5 months agoIts a messanger like Whatsapp, Fb messanger or iMessage.
minus-square@SuperSynthia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoI gotcha. Thank you for the reply.
minus-square@helenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish5•5 months agoI mean yeah, that’s pretty much it.
minus-square@SuperSynthia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•5 months agoMakes sense, thank you for the confirmation :)
minus-square@jet@hackertalks.comcakelinkfedilinkEnglish3•5 months agoSignal is like using sealed letters in the mail, where as other messaging apps are like using postcards.
minus-square@Comradesexual@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoIt was a better alternative to Whatsapp until it no longer became capable of handling messages from Whatsapp.
Can someone explain the overall use case of signal? I know it’s good for encrypted chats and that’s about it :(
Its a messanger like Whatsapp, Fb messanger or iMessage.
I gotcha. Thank you for the reply.
A better cross-platform SMS/MMS/RCS/iMessage.
I mean yeah, that’s pretty much it.
Makes sense, thank you for the confirmation :)
Signal is like using sealed letters in the mail, where as other messaging apps are like using postcards.
It was a better alternative to Whatsapp until it no longer became capable of handling messages from Whatsapp.