Let me know when it's ready to use without a phone number.
As it is, I lose my identity if I switch phone numbers (say, I move to another country). Even worse, someone else might get my old identity when my old phone number is recycled.
As it is, I lose my identity if I switch phone numbers (say, I move to another country). Even worse, someone else might get my old identity when my old phone number is recycled.
If you already have it registered to a "real" number on your cell phone, there are processes for porting that number to google voice.
Is there an actual technical limitation preventing Signal from offering a one-field signup, whereby one would simply enter a self generated public key?
The nice thing is the persistence can also remember identity keys, fingerprint and their verification statuses, and even group membership status -- so it'll mean much more convenient use once it's ready.