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In what way is the dependency on the phone crippling? It's a one time sign-up with the phone. You don't have to use it after that.
by intopieces 7y ago
In what way is the dependency on the phone crippling? It's a one time sign-up with the phone. You don't have to use it after that.
- rabidrat 7y agoI don't have a smartphone that can install apps. SMS would be one thing, requiring a smartphone is, indeed, crippling.
- input_sh 7y agoI guess you could install it in an emulator and enter the code you receive via SMS in it during the setup phase.
- dependenttypes 7y agoEmulated phones get a phone number?
- tialaramex 7y agoNo. The emulated phone in this proposal is a way to run the Signal Android app. During enrollment Signal uses SMS to close the loop on a claimed phone number. The OPs real phone doesn't run Android but it can receive SMS messages so it gets that SMS. The next screen in the emulated app says if the SMS code wasn't filled out automatically then please type it in, and that's what you do. Tada, now your Signal account is linked to your quite real phone number for a dumb phone.
- Marsymars 7y agoOne could also install it on any non-phone device (iPod, tablet, etc.) that supports app installation.