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Voltaire Staff

Signal introduces feature to hide phone number with 'username'



Messaging app Signal is introducing a new feature that replaces phone numbers with usernames in chats to safeguard users' privacy by keeping their phone numbers concealed.


The update will alter the default setting, ensuring that phone numbers are no longer openly displayed to all Signal users.


Individuals communicating via Signal will now have their phone numbers shielded from public view by default. However, contacts who already possess a user's phone number saved in their device will continue to have access to it, the San Francisco-based firm said in a blogpost.


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