Re:You can change your number
by thaumasiotes on Monday February 07, 2022 @05:01PM
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> They're great compared to the alternative of simply storing a plaintext register of every pair of communicating parties on the server, which is how other messengers work.
> They don't want phone numbers on the merits of phone numbers.
I thought they were pretty vocal about wanting to use phone numbers to save people from the pain and despair of having to enter their friends' usernames into Signal, a pure UI concern.
The server needs to store each pair of communicating parties if it wants to announce presence information like AIM did. But that's unnecessary for a phone-based messenger - everyone is always "present" at all times.
> They don't want phone numbers on the merits of phone numbers.
I thought they were pretty vocal about wanting to use phone numbers to save people from the pain and despair of having to enter their friends' usernames into Signal, a pure UI concern.
The server needs to store each pair of communicating parties if it wants to announce presence information like AIM did. But that's unnecessary for a phone-based messenger - everyone is always "present" at all times.