Chat without a phone number for people close to you

The number is not only a way for people to find you. It sits in the other person’s phone, in the phone directory, and often in the app itself. Whoever opens the contacts sees who you are tied to, even before they have read a word.

That is why people look for a chat without a phone number: a place where the conversation does not start with “give me your number.”

The secure chat here starts with an invite you share on your own. The code is on the account. The other person opens it, and then it is the two of you. You can also use a QR. You are not asked for a number.

The personal chat is for that one person. The small group is for the people you write to every day: family, a team, two or three friends. More about the invite is in the article on small groups.

You do not stick the code on a wall, and you do not post it in an open channel if the circle is meant to stay small.

The fact that nobody received your number does not hide the phone if it is already in someone else’s hands and unlocked. Encryption guards the journey. The screen stays a screen.

The other article covers that end: encryption guards the journey, but who guards the screen.

Semanty is not open to everyone yet. If you are looking for a chat without a phone number for people close to you, sign up. Best done together with the person you write to most often.