The feature is currently in testing on Android, with iOS support still a bit far away.
  • NarrativeBear@lemmy.worldEnglish
    223·
    7 days ago

    Oddly enough, once you make that three fiddy payment signal will now potentially have a payment method linked to your account.

    If this is true that payment method can essentially be tied to a identity.

    I suppose the reason they are choosing to do this is to prevent a influx of bot accounts and spammers/scammers.

    • lama@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      7 days ago

      And if you are worried about Google’s involvement in this, Greyson Parrelli of the Signal team points out that the payment runs through the same zero-knowledge proof setup it uses for donations.

      Looks like there is some way of decoupling the payer identity from the signal user

      • majster@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        5 days ago

        What zero-knowledge god damn? You are submitting your payment details, anything after that is pinky promise.

    • bluesheep@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      I was about to say, I feel like it’s easier to get a burner phone number to sign up with than to find an anonymous way of paying them 3 bucks