Listen - A smart phone number

@tariktech We have a few different paths that we're working on. For now, focus is on keeping calls/texts free in exchange for early user's feedback and patience.

@laurenleto -> Understandable... The interesting thing here is that you have a great lock-in mechanism (it's a giant PITA to go back to a bunch of people and ask all of them to change the number they have for you), so knowing what kind of commitment ($) you are getting into up front may help/hurt the adoption :) Happy to try it out and provide feedback, but curious if it will hold people back a bit from giving this number out to everyone until they know the pricing, or maybe it's not a concern for them. To the rest of this thread: I am curious if you have questions about it, are just happy to check out a new product, or are truly committed to going all in without the pricing info up-front? I am asking in part out of selfish concerns about launching future ideas :)

@tariktech Feel free to text or call me to talk more but I'm hesitant to talk in-depth about our future monetization plans because I think they radically differentiate ourselves from competitors. (Read: not sticker packs!) I really really want to keep calls/texts free but international stuff and the sheer mass of texts any normal social app creates *does* add up. Now, Listen-user to Listen user communication is easier to keep cheap hence why we're focusing after launch on making those features so that *both* sides of the conversation want to be on the app.

@laurenleto No worries... I know that stuff has real cost which is why I asked :) Like I said, I am really curious how the PH community thinks about this. Thanks!

@shortformernie Data is transferred to and from the client with TLS. Our database is encrypted at rest by using AES-256, block-level storage encryption. Keys are managed by Amazon, the individual volume keys are stable for the lifetime of the volume. All calls, texts, and media are deleted from Twilio via their Delete API see https://www.twilio.com/blog/2014... BUT Unfortunately we can't ensure security of SMS because it travels through many other companies. We can't change that. However, we plan to build end-to-end encryption for users who are talking to other Listen users.

@laurenleto @shortformernie - Really love that you are taking security seriously from the start 👍

@tonybrix @austenito @camh weird! how do we change that?

@laurenleto @austenito @camh Here is the FAQ for domain ownership change https://www.mywot.com/en/faq/sit...

@tonybrix @austenito @camh THANKS!

@tomflemming We hope soon!

@laurenleto :) notification please?

@tomflemming For sure <3

@xial We're based in NYC + We'd love to be platform-neutral within next 6 months! Basically, if that's what you want, we want to make it for you. :)

@xial I grew up in 541!

@androidlove Hey! Just use same log-in phone number :)

@cruzcalvo you can tell your iPhone to forward to your new number in your iOS settings

@gpuntob email leto@uselisten and I'll put you on list