Re:You can change your number
by thaumasiotes on Monday February 07, 2022 @10:12PM
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> Seems you're passing the buck. Making it a "not my problem" issue and I think this is a big enough problem that it would make platforms like NYT wary of using such a system.
How? So you've got your account with a display name of "NYT_Whistleblower". Now... how does somebody else find it by accident?
I'm sure you can be creative enough where you can read between the lines and determine a valid username that is a near clash and someone might accidentally use that name instead.
Suppose Signal generates a one-click (or even temporary) link. I can share that link that'll connect. That can accomplish the same thing as a signal.me address. Onetime links are definitely a thing. I'm sure people that know more can share even more creative ways to accomplish this. Someone has to have some fancy ZKP method for initiating contact.
> Perhaps what you want is a single buffer account
I think I covered this in my "infinite accounts" above.
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Seems to be more easily solved by letting me specify a handle at the per-chat level.
> Nothing stops you from creating the username NYT_Whistleblower, but that won't be what the NYT advertises to potential whistleblowers.
Seems you're passing the buck. Making it a "not my problem" issue and I think this is a big enough problem that it would make platforms like NYT wary of using such a system.