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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by jesterson on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @02:13AM (#39450968)
wouldn't the next bloke using the booth for same cause get the whole account?
Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by illiac786 on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @02:15AM (#39450975)
Not if you set a PIN no. But I think the next bloke can't use the booth to create a signal account anymore. I don't think we'll run out of booth though considering how rare the use case is ;)
Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by jesterson on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @09:15AM (#39454052)
Well, phone booths ain’t getting more ubiquitous for whatever reason either :)
Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by illiac786 on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @09:20AM (#39454135)
I feel it’s really 5 HN hard core privacy persons who want it. I have 5 booth in walking distance from my home, they can have them =)

Even the one who want it seem not to know about “registration block” and “PIN” concepts in Signal, so I seriously question if they really want it…