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Re:You can change your number by wolverine876 on Monday February 07, 2022 @10:14PM (#30254531)
> a global username identifier isn't anonymous (not any more than a phone number anyways)

A Signal username is global to Signal communication; a phone number is global to far more.

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Re:You can change your number by dredmorbius on Tuesday February 08, 2022 @12:29AM (#30255225)
Numerous widely-used identifiers were originally scoped narrowly.

Scope tends to widen.

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