| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 8 hours ago |
| Signal should switch the default to being less verbose. |
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| ▲ | avidiax 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| They should also signal your counterparty's security posture. Basically, give you a heads up that the other side has settings that make the system less secure. |
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| ▲ | Terr_ 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | I'd prefer the receiving end looks at sender's metadata on the message, and uses that to determine where the line is between recipient-convenience and betrayal. I suppose you could do both, but "Hey I've got something extra important to send you, but it says need to change your settings first please hurry" seems worse than "sometimes I don't get full notifications on my watch, weird." |
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| ▲ | nickburns 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The default should be "No name or content". |
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| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | Name only strikes me as a fairer compromise between security and usability. | | |
| ▲ | loeg 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | I thought name-only was the default. | | |
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | > I thought name-only was the default At least for me, it was name and content. | | |
| ▲ | loeg 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | I may be misremembering, or it may have changed; I've been using Signal from the early days. |
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| ▲ | stavros 18 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| No it shouldn't. That makes the UX much worse, just to guard against the 0.00001% case where the FBI seizes your iPhone. |
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| ▲ | iknowstuff 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Not really, that would discourage use by normies. |
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| ▲ | fragmede 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| users should switch to simpleX |
