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this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2024
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while I agree that there are too many problems right now, 2 things really can't be avoided:
well, unless they are fine with using it like signal, which is basically one device only
Signal can have multiple devices, I have it on my phone and laptop.
that must be a relatively new feature
Not really, have used it for years like that. But you need to set it up initially on your phone. The newish feature (less than a year) is that I think they do not require a phone number to set up a new account.
How do you do that? A few days ago I have registered again, and I didn't see the option. Didn't you perhaps mean that the app can hide phone numbers?
Ah that must be it sorry. I thought they had decorelated phone numbers and IDs
I must mention though that their solution is not really efficient. Everyone's app gets the phone number, its just not displayed anymore. This can be circumvented with a little modification of the app, which is easy because it's open source.
Good to know, thanks!
(part 2) technically, though, the other part of it is still the case: if you haven't set yo key backup and you lost your phone, don't be surprised if you can't recover all your messages