ava @ava - 9mo
New #Signal and #Molly (hardened Signal fork) update keeps phone number private, lets you to set up a username. Plenty of cool usernames still available. I got one I like 😎 Note: Usernames are not public. #cybersecgirl #privacytechpro https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
so good. yup, must have (at least) 2 digits at the end. cool they don't lock you into a random number and you can manually enter a number to see if it's still available.
very cool. it worked great for me on molly just tapping the numbers section and entering what i wanted. and yes, i agree. still a big win imo. love that you can change the username unlimited times too. good stuff.
sweet
I recommend both SimpleX and Briar, they both have PFS. Adoption is important for privacy and security. IMO Signal/Molly has more users and is easy to use so it's good for day to day communication and normie adoption while SimpleX and Briar are for more specialized use cases.
changing your username does not delete your current chats or contacts. "a username is not the profile name that’s displayed in chats, it’s not a permanent handle, and not visible to the people you are chatting with in Signal. A username is simply a way to initiate contact on Signal without sharing your phone number."
yes, if you reserve username.01, someone else can register username.02, or username.911 etc. you can change your username unlimited times, but when you change it, it will immediately be available for someone else to take. make sense?
nice guide. simplex is recommended in our guide and most others' as it passes our strict guidelines for inclusion. i have had multiple conversations with evgeny since we started testing and using simplex ~a year ago. i even helped onboard him to nostr. there have been growing pains since alpha/beta (voice used to just not work) but as with any app/protocol, development has come a long way since then and they are quick to squash any bugs. they are open source, e2ee by default, support e2ee for all messages and they have been sucessfully audited. the only remaining bonus metric afaic is to be battletested in court and that comes with time. https://simplex.chat/blog/20221108-simplex-chat-v4.2-security-audit-new-website.html
thx. it is a paid guide for more extreme clients. i took the old site down. it was deliberately hard to find and not for the general public. everything is currently being overhauled, rebooted, rebranded, and updated from the ground up to include resources for the general public and much more. pretty excited about it. will def link when it is launched.
