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Signal tests usernames so you can avoid sharing your phone number
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this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2023
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YES! The one main hurdle I've found (and the constant "share your contacts??" prompting). Good luck to them!
Because my contacts are none of their business, and it's fucking disgusting to even ask without the user going way out of their way to initiate it.
There isn't a single service on the planet who I would trust to allow their app to see my contacts.
The app asking for the permission is not acceptable. The permission should not exist at all. Both mobile OS should only be permitting users to explicitly import contacts that they choose, with literally no way for any app to see the master list in any context.
The mere existence of the permission is obscene.
Why not? Uh, No. That's why. Not now, not the 100th time, not ever. I want it to stop asking. No.