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Signal, in an indirect way, requires 1/6th of the world's population to part with their biometrics. It requires phone number, and in India, getting a phone # re
by mathnmusic 8y ago
Signal, in an indirect way, requires 1/6th of the world's population to part with their biometrics. It requires phone number, and in India, getting a phone # requires Aadhaar, which is a centralized, biometrics-based ID (photo, fingerprints AND iris at the moment).
- j16sdiz 8y agoI see this as a good thing because it effectively rate limit the spam bot creations
- alexnewman 8y agoYa really think phone numbers are hard to get?
- FrozenTraffic 8y agoSince there is someone above claiming that getting a phone number in some countries "requires" biometric identification, I'd say yes.
- snaky 8y agoAs usual with restrictions and regulations, it's easy to obtain for bad guys and not easy for good guys.
- lucb1e 8y agoI think there are better solutions for that such as CAPTCHAs, rate limiting, etc. We don't need to resort to giving out biometrics to solve spam bots.
- angry_octet 8y agoAre you seriously telling me that everyone in India is using the phone number which matches their biometrics? Lol. Besides which, there are well established ways to get a Signal number online, like Google Voice or VoIP telephony companies.