Privacy@lemmy.ml • 8 months ago

Signal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Data

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Signal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Data

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Privacy@lemmy.ml • 8 months ago

Ephemeral usernames instead of phone numbers safeguard privacy — and makes the Signal messenger app even harder to subpoena.

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@James_Ryan@feddit.de
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2•8 months ago
I have this for some time now on iOS
- @xor@infosec.pub
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  1•8 months ago
  you have the beta?
  the beta is closed now…
  - @James_Ryan@feddit.de
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    8 months ago
    I dont. I got it via normal update. The 7.1 has been installed recently on my iPhone
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      2•8 months ago
      hmm… well shit, i swear i tried to update it before…
      but i did just update it to 7 just now… thanks

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