Gregory's Server@Baffling7384 @signalapp This isn't about furries. I use exclusively platforms that do not require a phone number to register, such as fediverse, but they do not provide end to end encryption or their encryption does not work properly & allows a third party to decrypt messages under certain conditions. The "normal person" persona exists only to protect me by allowing me to pretend to be normal when necessary. It is present on all platforms I have a real account on. If I can't also have that fake account on a platform it's not safe to have a real account on it because it will be exposed without the fake one present to accept people I don't trust to know who I am in its place.
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@jackemled @signalapp I see. One thing I'd like to point out that you can delete and re-register your Signal account yourself in a matter of 10 minutes if necessary. But then of course you will lose your data and contacts. I don't know which company would require a Signal account though. @jackemled @signalapp Also wouldn't having multiple aliases help your situation? You can give different profiles with usernames to different people registered to the same phone number. Profile A to people in A situation Both A and B tied to the same phone number. They can't be connected.  @Baffling7384 @signalapp That's exactly what I already do & what I've been explaining, but that doesn't work for Signal because you can only have one account for each phone number. Also, what about people that can't afford a phone number? @jackemled @signalapp Okay now we're on the same page. The way to make things like that happen is to suggest them in places like the Signal community forum. Do you want me to check whether it has been suggested before, and if not suggest it for you? Do you want to do that yourself? @Baffling7384 @signalapp I'm sure it has been suggested before. I'm pretty sure I actually looked for it & found it on there & it had been asked for & denied like eight years ago or something. I would prefer not to create more accounts for more things because I have too many, not counting the "normal person" accounts I have. |
@Baffling7384 @signalapp For example, if I am told by my workplace to create a Signal account for communication I can't make the excuse "it won't let me, someone else registered with this phone number before". That would require me to contact Signal support to have them delete my real account & register my fake account, which loses all of the contacts I had. Then I will have the fake account to present to work, but I will no longer be able to use Signal to communicate to my friends securely.