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That's something we can't do anything about though.
by jplayer01 10y ago
That's something we can't do anything about though.
- colordrops 10y agoWe can't do anything about the phone number requirement?
- espeed 10y agoThe phone number is not required as per the Signal protocol -- it's an implementation detail -- another token could be used. At this time, phone number verification is used in the initial authentication flow to protect against someone else spoofing your phone number and pretending to be you. See https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/issues/1181 https://github.com/WhisperSystems/Signal-Android/issues/1181
- homakov 10y agoActually magic link sent to your email would be MUCH better. Also central authority but Gmail >>> any telecom
- yellowapple 10y agoIt also doesn't have to be a central authority, since "anyone" (meaning: anyone who can afford to operate a mailserver, which is actually a surprisingly-high number) can be such an authority for one's own mail.
- homakov 10y agoPractically nobody is running own mail server these days. Email is extremely centralized
- corford 10y agoI still run my own for personal email (postfix + dovecot). Runs off a Linode VM atm and has no problem getting through to Gmail, Hotmail etc. users.
- homakov 10y ago"Most people don't know rocket science" "Actually I know some rocket science!"
- dredmorbius 10y agoThat's true, but not a given.
- yellowapple 10y agoJust because practically nobody is doesn't mean practically nobody can't, which was my point.
- im3w1l 10y agoone single actor < a few large actors you can choose from < lots of actors to choose from < medium size organizations can and do often run their own < individuals can ran their own (Email Is Here) < individuals commonly run their own Let's not make the perfect the enemy of the good.
- kwhitefoot 10y agoI used to run my own but I can't find anyone to relay the mail anymore.
- ginko 10y ago> Also central authority but Gmail >>> any telecom There's few of the big corps I trust as little as Google.