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I mean, it does seem to me like Signal is deliberately courting the mainstream audience, and has been from the start. That's why it uses phone numbers as identi
by andreareina 6y ago
I mean, it does seem to me like Signal is deliberately courting the mainstream audience, and has been from the start. That's why it uses phone numbers as identity keys, that's why stickers and such, etc.
- godelski 6y agoThe phone numbers were an easy way to do identification and create a social graph. They are working on a more privacy focused one, but that is technically much more difficult. I wouldn't call the phone numbers a "courting the mainstream audience." I would stickers, but then that's just a single example that was already mentioned.
- andreareina 6y agoEasy identification and social graph are important for mainstream adoption though. It so happens that it's not solely the mainstream audience that benefits, but I wouldn't say that disqualifies it.