Can I share my Signal username publicly?

I'd put it on my website, which contains my real name anyway, but Signal says that I should only share it with people I trust. Also, the link (signal.me/...) contains long base64 string with unknown content. What do you think?

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Carighan@lemmy.world · 42 pts · 2y (9 replies)

Yeah it automatically obfuscates. Mine is *******, for example.

TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub · 39 pts · 2y (7 replies)

Really?

hunter12

TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub · 23 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Hey, it doesn't look obfuscated to me?

Carighan@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y (3 replies)

That's because it's your username. To you it shows normal, all I see is hunter12. See?

gianni@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 2y

God I miss bash.org

Jondar@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

This is what I came for.

LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
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statist43@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y

To me it does, maybe your phone has automatic encryption. Maybe send.your passwords so we can see if its decrypting automatically or not /s

LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

All my usernames & passwords are hunter12 and I don't mind sharing them everywhere because my smartphone always automatically turns it into asterisks because someone on 4chan told me so.

BurningTurtle@feddit.org · 7 pts · 2y

classic runescape

tkk13909@sopuli.xyz · 27 pts · 2y (15 replies)

You can share your signal username. Mine is donnietello.01

Once you've shared it, if you're getting a lot of spam you can just change it and it won't change anything about your current conversations. It's essentially just an invite link.

BurningTurtle@feddit.org · 36 pts · 2y (12 replies)

All of Lemmy is now in your inbox

667@lemmy.radio · 17 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Art of Reverse Scraping. Now the previous commenter will get at least a couple known good Signal handles to spam for a little.

hitmyspot@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 2y

And now has trained more AI than anyone else.

Taps forehead.

sunzu@kbin.run · 8 pts · 2y (8 replies)

a/s/l?

Vanth@reddthat.com · 8 pts · 2y (7 replies)
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sunzu@kbin.run · 5 pts · 2y (4 replies)

i agree... do all millennials know tho?

I don't even remember when that nomenclature drop off, i just remember getting online as kid and boy ohh boy... was it a time and place in history haha

Vanth@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 2y (3 replies)
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sunzu@kbin.run · 1 pts · 2y (2 replies)

OG markers are lemonparty.com and two girls, one cup tho hehe

Vanth@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 2y
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andyburke@fedia.io · 1 pts · 2y
_edge@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

It's also a lot harder today.

Earlier:

a/s/l?

16/f/NYC

Now:

a/s/l?

Pardon me?

a/g/l?

400ppm/fluid/Insta

krnl386@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y

400ppm? That’s pretty hard water. Your espressos must taste awful. 😣

LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Probably just two or three ultra-nerds.

LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

If you change it, do you have to tell all your trusted contacts what you changed it to?

tkk13909@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 2y

Nope. Its not used for continued conversations. Just for starting them. If you change your username, your contacts will not see any difference.