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> but otherwise it's working fine It doesn't work at all for me, because it requires a mobile phone number, which I don't have (a phone + any monthly subscript
by pdkl95 8y ago
> but otherwise it's working fine
It doesn't work at all for me, because it requires a mobile phone number, which I don't have (a phone + any monthly subscription fee doesn't fit in a tiny fixed income budget).
- Vinnl 8y agoI don't think that has anything to do with the desktop app specifically?
- pmlnr 8y agoIt does. Desktop app is desktop, end of story - no GSM connection and/or phone number should be required.
- Vinnl 8y agoIt sounds like you'd also be against requiring phone numbers if they didn't have a desktop app...
- pmlnr 8y agoA phone app requiring a phone number is reasonable; it doesn't matter if I like it or not. On a desktop app, it's not reasonable to ask for a phone number. Ask for something else; email, for example.
- eropple 8y agoGoogle Voice numbers are free. Is that perfect? No, but if you want another unambiguous identifier, it's going to cost. Moxie does not have a lever that can move the world; if you think you do, you are probably well invited to haul on it.
- pdkl95 8y ago> if you want another unambiguous identifier, it's going to cost Nonsense - my XMPP addresses are free, globally unambiguous, federated, and support 3 types of end-to-end encryption. A phone number is patently unnecessary. The only reason to require a phone number is to tie the encrypted packets to a known identity.
- eropple 8y agoAn identity that everyone else already knows, yes. I figured that was so obvious as to not require elaboration.
- velosol 8y agoI understand you may not have a phone number at all, but Signal doesn't actually require that you have a mobile phone number at all. It can be a landline or VOIP line that can receive a call and you get a voice verification. Of course many don't want to tie their communications to some other identifier and that's fine but that does mean that Signal isn't for those people.