Now if only you didn't need a phone number to use Signal/Radar
Yeah, there is this username function that allow to use it without sharing is phone number, so you could get a separate SIM number for registering Signal and other apps that is not the same as for communicating.
But this username is not like a long term identity, it can be changed anf lost forever and possibility takeover by someone else (as I understand).
Best app without phone number, without account, without central server is Briar. There is also Threema, Simple X or even a lot of nostr based messenger app.
But the problem of any messenger app without contact discovery via phone number is that adoption stays extremely low. You must actively coordinate with each contact to decide on the app to use and share your username/session keys to start communicating.
Who is doing that anymore ? Long ago is the time of AIM, MSN messenger and ICQ where people who do such effort to continue communicating online. Now people want thing to work our of the box, suggest contacts to them and stays where they are most attracted by the most adicitve algorithm.
But this username is not like a long term identity, it can be changed anf lost forever and possibility takeover by someone else (as I understand).
Best app without phone number, without account, without central server is Briar. There is also Threema, Simple X or even a lot of nostr based messenger app.
But the problem of any messenger app without contact discovery via phone number is that adoption stays extremely low. You must actively coordinate with each contact to decide on the app to use and share your username/session keys to start communicating.
Who is doing that anymore ? Long ago is the time of AIM, MSN messenger and ICQ where people who do such effort to continue communicating online. Now people want thing to work our of the box, suggest contacts to them and stays where they are most attracted by the most adicitve algorithm.
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