When I press on some message to forward it, it shows me Random usernames of contacts I don’t know. And it even shows some Mobile Numbers I don’t know. For example, one number starts with +964 that’s Iraq. I’m from Europe tho. These contacts and numbers are from all over the place.
Edit: This only happens on Signal Desktop. If I try to forward a message on Android it only shows my Contacts. And none of these unkown ones.
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It’s easy to “stand on the shoulders of giants” and claim some software is better when you’re adding 1-5% of additional work on top of a fully developed service/app/infrastructure. It’s why generally forks of software tend to have more features than the original source - See the following examples where people polish something and release it as their own improved creation:
Now, I’m not trying to say people should stop forking software, I’m all for it as it breeds competition and innovation, but to complain that a software project is not meeting your specific demands and their forks are doing so much more means you’re not understanding the other projects would probably die without all the hard work that goes on in the core product.
You say this but do you have any evidence to back up the claim that it’s useful and to who? Who’s asking for it? What percentage of Signal users would enable the feature? Is it 1%. Is that worth it? There’s barely a demand for privacy from the general populace otherwise Signal would be a hit and everyone would leave Whatsapp immediately, but it isn’t.
You’re the 1% of the 1% when it comes to desktop configurations if you’re using a tiling window manager. I used one about 10 years ago and have yet to find one other person in the real world who has ever used one and I work in IT. Whether you like it or not, Signal developers are not going to spend any effort on making your very niche use case any better. I’m not saying that to be rude, but you have to be realistic. Your expectations are high for a free service that generally works for 99% of the population.