Ephemeral usernames instead of phone numbers safeguard privacy — and makes the Signal messenger app even harder to subpoena.
  • akilou@sh.itjust.works
    31·
    4 months ago

    But doodlebug69 needs to accept a message from you before you can see their profile info.

    • Baguette@lemmy.ml
      4·
      4 months ago

      They have the username already, they don’t need to see their profile info to search for a username