Aliases for contacts

[tmikaeld]

Because some people set stupid names or nicknames when registering so you have no idea who they are.

And it also makes sense in other means, like adding what company the contact belongs to
(Would be better handled with Groups though).

[helenakos]

@tmikaeld We will work on improving the whole naming area soon. Hold on tight.

[tmikaeld]

@helenakos That's great! Looking forward to it.

[tmikaeld]

Sorry for closing, mistook it for the new naming but it's different.

[lipis]

I renamed it to aliases to avoid confusion.

[anatoli26]

Will the aliases be saved locally or will they be uploaded to the server to synchronize among the devices? I believe they should be somehow protected. It would be great if the list is encrypted with the device keys so the server can store it but can't read it.

[lipis]

@anatoli26 security and privacy are on top of our lists.. so we will not compromise those for anything :)

[anatoli26]

glad to hear that!

[theincogtion]

I really like Wire and I like to recommend it to my friends but if they realize that they can't rename the contacts they will not use wire. This is a show stopper for further spreading of this great app. It would be great if this feature could be realized soon.

@helenakos Something new when "soon" could be?

[helenakos]

@SebastianBauer Hi, we don't have a committed date for these yet.