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Signal is rolling out new settings today to finally let you create a username instead of revealing your phone number to everyone you communicate with. This is probably the most requested feature in Signal’s 10-year history. I tested it out in beta: https://lnkd.in/g8RpByca

Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private

Signal Finally Rolls Out Usernames, So You Can Keep Your Phone Number Private

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Swapneel Patnekar

CEO @ Shreshta | Cyber Threat Intelligence, Detection Engineering, Cybercrime Investigations

4mo

Great news! “Now you can simply set a username instead, which can be changed or deleted at any time. (Any conversations you've started with the old username will switch over to the new one.)” I am guessing the old username cannot be registered by anyone else or is permanently mapped to the new username? Thanks!

Karan Dwivedi

Security Engineering Leader at Google | Silicon Valley 40 under 40 | Extraordinary ability (EB1A) Green Card Recipient

4mo

This is a nice development to preserve the privacy of numbers. Thanks for sharing.

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Mark House

Cybersecurity, Risk & Compliance Strategist | Cyber Risk Management | vCISO | Board Member & Advisor | Philanthropist

4mo

Great news! Dare I say, it's about time?

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Mike Godwin

Trust and Safety | Privacy | Internet Law, Policy, and Regulation

4mo

Wonderful, positive development.

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Maryanne Morrow

Founder and Keynote Speaker - I believe in daring greatly so that I embody the courage and conviction to modernize capital markets.

4mo

Hallelujah ✨

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