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These are good news. But, why don't they use Signal to start with?
by wtdata 7y ago
These are good news. But, why don't they use Signal to start with?
- n_ary 7y agoSignal also needs a phone# to activate & iirc, if you have someone's phone number in Contact List, they'll appear, so sort of same issue may be. Only one I know of so far not needing a phone# is Wire.
- newscracker 7y agoThis was covered in other news pieces. In Signal, your number gets exposed to everyone else in the group (similar to WhatsApp). The protestors didn’t want their numbers to be exposed to other people they were talking to. Telegram doesn’t, by default, show your number to others you chat with unless you choose to. Telegram also allows usernames to be used to contact and refer to people. The other factor is that Telegram allows really large groups (like 200K members), which Signal and WhatsApp don’t.