Finally, we can have usernames in Signal instead of giving our phone number to everybody.

  • Radiant_sir_radiant@beehaw.org
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    8 months ago

    There’s actually an option to turn GMS off entirely if that’s a concern (Settings–>About–>Advanced). It comes at the cost of slightly increased battery usage. Sadly Google does have a bit of a monopoly on mainstream Android there.
    Having said that, the messages themselves should never pass Google’s servers, just a packet saying “check your Threema server, there’s new stuff waiting for you.”