Things are heating up. Millions of people are taking to the streets against Trump's rising authoritarianism. Communities around the US are organizing to defend against ICE raids, to protest Israeli genocide, for mutual aid, and for other forms of fighting fascism. Signal can help people safely organize in all of
  • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
    252·
    6 months ago

    If you join a large WhatsApp group, anyone in that group will have everyone else’s phone number, and they can use that to learn far more about everyone’s identities.

    Does it not give away your identity when you join a Signal group?

      • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
        21·
        6 months ago

        Not worried about my phone number so much as my legal name…

        • dracs@programming.devEnglish
          11·
          6 months ago

          No requirement to have your legal name in Signal. Though, I do wish it was possible to set a different name for group chats though. Happy to use my real name with friends and family, but would prefer an alias for group chats.

          • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
            1·
            6 months ago

            Happy to use my real name with friends and family, but would prefer an alias for group chats.

            Exactly.

        • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
          21·
          6 months ago

          I mean, if you’re using your name as your username, you can’t really complain that Signal doesn’t let you be private. That’s on you.

          • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
            11·
            6 months ago

            1. No, that’s not on me. Signal should let me join groups without my username (this is what SimpleX does)

            2. The point is not to blame Signal, the point is to highlight that it’s not safe to join these activist groups with Signal for this reason, and political action groups should not be using it for this reason, unless you use it exclusively for this purpose, which is also not good, because then it means you’re not using it for your personal communications.

            • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
              21·
              6 months ago

              Or you could…you know… NOT use your name as your screen name. That’s like buying a hammer and complaining that the nail remover side isn’t efficient at removing screws. Well…yeah. You’re not meant to use it that way.

              • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
                11·
                6 months ago

                If you actually read my comment before replying to it, I already addressed this. I use Signal in my personal and professional life. I do not want my clients to message me and see my ID as fucking xX_StarLord_69_Xx. Nor my family. It would be very confusing to them. If Signal gave me an option to use multiple profiles (like SimpleX does) I would, but it doesn’t.

  • XNX@slrpnk.netEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    I wish Signal had an option to create forums. With forum Like ui with threads its easier to organize things and keep up with projects over long periods of time.