[aspect0545]

This is different though. PP is saying that you require a phone number to sign up, and phone numbers are being used to match your account to your user name.

[Citizen8396]

"As a new default, your phone number will no longer be visible to everyone in Signal."

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/6712070553754-P...

"Signal does not send your phone number to anyone unless you have enabled that others can see it and then you send them a message or make a call to them."

https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007061452-Do...

[heavyset_go]

Neither of these are the issue, the issue is the required association of a phone number with a Signal account. You cannot register a Signal account without a phone number.

It's something you'd want to avoid if your life, liberty or well-being are at risk if you're de-anonymized.

[beeflet]

This doesn't address the security problem

[michaelsshaw]

This entire post does not follow

[password4321]

Agreed as far as governments tracking Signal sign-ups. For a long time though user names were not even supported between Signal users.