From 19c9095e4488439234d1a79c6945c678b34becea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: uvok cheetah Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 19:15:54 +0200 Subject: Add messenger article --- ...2024-08-02-use-a-second-signal-account-kinda.md | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/2024-08-02-use-a-second-signal-account-kinda.md (limited to '_posts') diff --git a/_posts/2024-08-02-use-a-second-signal-account-kinda.md b/_posts/2024-08-02-use-a-second-signal-account-kinda.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0b72647 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2024-08-02-use-a-second-signal-account-kinda.md @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: Use a second Signal account (kinda) +date: 2024-08-02 18:48 +0200 +lang: en +categories: ["tech"] +--- + +As you may have noticed, I added a Signal account in the contacts section. Mike +Kuketz wrote on his blog how to +use a second Signal account on ones phone. +This is the link to the relevant article. + +Anyway: I already use Signal for my "real life" identity. Even though Signal +offers user names, and the ability to hide ones phone number: I don't trust +that. And secondly, you can only set one username. If I wanted to be active +under myreallifename.11111, I couldn't use my furry nick (uvok) anymore, and +vice versa. This sucks. The article proposes to use the alternative client Molly on mobile. Since I +don't use Signal on desktop much anyway, this is an okay-ish solution. I have a +second SIM card with a different number, so registering a second account provides +the separation I desire. Yeah, I'm quite aware Signal could cut off this client +anytime, with its "no third party clients" policy (???), though. I'll deal with +it when that happens. + +I'd still prefer to use messengers without the need for a phone number. For +simple use cases, XMPP still works "good enough" for me. But eh, just in case +someone has something sensitive to tell me, I now have this as a contact method. + +Also, I recently vented about Discord requiring a phone number when you want to +join a chat / group, or at least if you appear "suspicious" for whatever reason +(I refuse to use the Discord lingo "server", since this is a blatant lie). +What's the difference between giving the phone number to Signal vs Telegram vs +Discord? Well, that **is** a valid question, I'm not even sure myself. Back +when I started using Signal, it was touted as an alternative to SMS, even still +handled SMS itself. It seemed "trustworthy enough". Telegram wasn't really +trustworthy to me, so I got a second SIM card. I didn't want my IRL contacts who +have my phone number to find my furry Telegram account. At the same time, if you +want to communicate with other furries, there seems to be no way around it (even +though I bemoan that fact, and agree with +soatok). + +Now with Discord it's a kind of "enough is enough" situation. Also, I have no +really use for Discord, save for this one instance where I would have needed to +join for a specific con staffing meeting. (Intro to tools, I had that last year +already, so not a huge disadvantage). + +**My overall opinion is still "all messengers suck (one way or another)".** +But hey, maybe this is still useful for some people. + + -- cgit v1.2.3