Is this an option that can be turned off? I like the absence of read receipts currently.
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Yes. They are completely optional.
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So they're off-by-default then?
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For existing installations, yes. This feature is something that new users expect, and we made it easy to enable/disable at any time.
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It should be opt-in for new users as well, in my opinion
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We will be able to disable them, I hope.
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Yup! They are completely optional.
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Great news! Read receipts as an option are perfect! Will signal ever be pin based so phone
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Thanks! We don't have anything to announce right now, but we know that this is important to our users.
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Would love to see the absence of using phone numbers. Good for families with kids who need texting but don’t want lines
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Simply add a third checkmark to each message?
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The checkmarks turn blue.
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Will it be something that I can opt out of?
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Seriously, on by default for new users when this could be a privacy concern? Users should be given a prompt to choose. Defaults matter.
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Prompts suck, though I agree Signal following what users/other messengers are doing over privacy concerns strays far from its goals.
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Am also perfectly fine with off by default with a setting to turn it on.

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Settings suck, just dont have it - other messengers may have it, but dont compete on what they have, compete on what you're good at
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I love Signal, but this should surely be off by default for privacy. Personally, read receipts are obnoxious and glad Signal lacked them.
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A privacy focussed messenger that implements a privacy invading feature and turns it on by default? That doesn't make sense.
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