It difficult to see how a service that ties to your phone number can make any claim about privacy halfway seriously. This is reckless. And worse tie itself to

It difficult to see how a service that ties to your phone number can make any claim about privacy halfway seriously. This is reckless. And worse tie itself to a company whose business model is based on creepily stalking you all over the internet and getting users psychologically accustomed to the fact they are under surveillance. These are serious escalations that go unnoticed because SV has become a magnet for those who want to profit from it. A half way serious and sincere effort will be open source, not tied in any remote way to known surveillance companies, and based in a country that genuinely respects privacy.