Bluesky claims its new contact import feature is ‘privacy-first’
Bluesky claims its new contact import feature is 'privacy-first'
Bluesky is finally letting you find people you already know, one of several common features on other social platforms, like notifications and bookmarks, that have been notably absent at the growing upstart. Unlike rivals, it claims it’s not sacrificing privacy to do it.
The Find Friends feature is “privacy-first by design,” unlike what Bluesky says are “poorly implemented or abused” processes elsewhere. You verify your phone number, upload your contacts, and get pinged if – and only if – someone in your contacts book chose to do the same.
Bluesky says there are a few things making its approach different:
It only works if both people par …