Messenger app Signal now lets you find people by name, not number
In the world of Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms, we typically find someone by their username. On messenger apps, however, we still largely find and save a new contact with a telephone number. That's changing in an upcoming version of privacy-oriented WhatsApp rival, Signal, which is trialling a new feature allowing people to keep their phone number hidden and be found with a unique username instead. What difference does this make to users? It means in future you'll be able to search for a contact with their name and not their phone number, while other users will also no lo...