Encryption can’t protect you from adding the wrong person to a group chat. But there is also a setting to make sure you don’t.

You can add your own nickname to a Signal contact by clicking on the person’s profile picture in a chat with them then clicking “Nickname.” Signal says “Nicknames & notes are stored with Signal and end-to-end encrypted. They are only visible to you.” So, you can add a nickname to a Jason saying “co-founder,” or maybe “national security adviser,” and no one else is going to see it. Just you. When you’re trying to make a group chat, perhaps.

Signal could improve its user interface around groups and people with duplicate display names.

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[–] 31 points 2 years ago

@ForgottenFlux such a great feature. Will definitely use it next time I'm bombing some Houthi rebels.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This shouldn't really be necessary, as Signal uses the contact info in your contacts by default.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    The weakest link in anything being secure, is the human.

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