> In Signal and Whatsapp you have the problem that your Phone number is known to anyone in a group chat
Not in Signal anymore. They finally solved it:
https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
But agreed on privacy controls etc.
@rysiek @waldschnecke it has been partially fixed at best. You still can see the phone number in app versions from before the update.
@jeder @waldschnecke oh interesting! Had no clue, thanks!
@novenary @waldschnecke @jeder @rysiek which is also why i can’t use signal desktop
@rysiek @m @waldschnecke this is the reason I stayed with telegram after moving away from whatsapp and trying alternatives years ago.. I wasn't even able to really send videos and such on signal back then in addition to other functionality I considered essential for an IM app. telegram had it all and so i stayed. Turning on e2e manually is annoying but not a deal breaker. Having a half functioning app like signal was back then is one. Still I will try signal again since it seems to have improved a whole lot