Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames

Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by buzzerbetrayed on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @06:08PM (#39448178)

I don't know about WhatsApp (but I also didn't mention WhatsApp), but go to FB Messenger right now, open up a conversation with yourself, and try to send a message containing the string "thedonald.win". You'll get an error message saying "Couldn't send", with no further explanation. The list of banned strings used to be longer, but they've unbanned a lot of them since the election ended.

To be clear, this is in private conversations. Not just posting publicly on Facebook or w/e.

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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by aembleton on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @04:58AM (#39451946)

Just tried with and without quotes and it sent fine. This was on Messenger version 445.0.0.41.109 on Android 14.

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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by dns_snek on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @07:29AM (#39452981)

Could be regional. Are you in the US?

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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by aembleton on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @07:53AM (#39453165)

I'm in the UK.

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