usenamesUsenames entered beta in February 2024
Announcement: https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
Finally!!!
Related threads on the de-facto official forum
Consider giving them a like.
This one asks for usernames to be added https://community.signalusers.org/t/username-id-registration-without-phone-number/9800 while still keeping cell phone account creation verification, which seems like exactly what you (and I...) want.
While searching this, I stumbled on the fact that the devs seem to be silently adding usernames to the codebase, which is great!
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/concerns-about-usernames/9468
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/signal-introducing-usernames/9157
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/every-user-can-have-multiple-throwaway-usernames/17397
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/the-great-thing-about-signal-upcoming-usernames/17571
Then there are a billion threads asking for the superset of removing the need for a cell phone completely. This of course then enters anti-spam territory:
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/a-proposal-for-alternative-primary-identifiers/3023
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/remove-the-need-for-a-mobile-phone/1543
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/registering-with-an-email-address/919
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/username-id-registration-without-phone-number/9800
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/have-option-to-set-up-username/8723
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/more-reasons-why-signal-should-ditch-phone-numbers-the-guardian-confirmed-the-identity-of-those-in-the-chat-by-cross-checking-phone-numbers-attached-to-the-signal-accounts/7311
- https://community.signalusers.org/t/why-is-phone-and-phone-number-required/1425 https://community.signalusers.org/t/what-is-the-technical-reason-that-i-cannot-use-signal-without-a-phone-number-and-that-i-cannot-use-signal-desktop-without-signal-on-my-phone/11400