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The requirement of a mobile phone number and either Android or IOS, or a linked instance of one of those seems even more restrictive for a tool that claims to b
by Freak_NL 11y ago
The requirement of a mobile phone number and either Android or IOS, or a linked instance of one of those seems even more restrictive for a tool that claims to be all about privacy. The way governments are rapidly closing up methods to register a mobile phone number without ID are disconcerting, although predictable due to the common use of burner phones as communication device of choice for nefarious purposes.
- Freak_NL 11y agoI do understand this choice when judging Signal purely as a replacement for WhatsApp etc., but even then I wouldn't design a protocol based on the requirement of a mobile phone number and one of the two dominant mobile operating systems (and thus a smartphone).