Your profile, like everything else on Signal, is also end-to-end encrypted. Your name and profile picture do get shared with whoever you chat with, groups or individuals. If you don't want your name and profile picture shared with randos, either don't set them or don't chat with randos.
blah3166
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Signal defaults to hiding your phone number since the release of user names: https://signal.org/blog/phone-number-privacy-usernames/
Little known fact, the "J" stands for Jackass
Threats against one person, sure, but don't ignore the context in which this happened. Trump has emboldened racists and encouraged ICE to tear apart families. People who simply want to better their lives. Don't get it twisted, this is state encouraged terrorism. Just because its against a single person doesn't mean they don't intend to terrorize the entire hispanic/latino community.
Check out the gemini protocol: https://geminiprotocol.net/
It kinda fills that niche of the "old web".