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What does "scam" even mean here? I know what I'm signing up for, privacy-wise, when I provide Signal my phone number and access to some of my contacts, and I cl
by vinay427 6y ago
What does "scam" even mean here? I know what I'm signing up for, privacy-wise, when I provide Signal my phone number and access to some of my contacts, and I clearly get something in exchange.
- m4rtink 6y agoI would not call passing phone numbers (or reversivle hashes thereof) of my friends to a third part a scam. I would call it treason.
- GNU_James 6y agoWhy are you providing your phone number to anyone? Software should be free.
- growse 6y agoThe software is free...?
- vinay427 6y agoI prefer free/libre software as well. I'm really not trying to sound inane when I say that I provide my phone number for the same reason I provide my phone number directly to my friends with whom I would like to communicate. It allows people I know to identify me among the billions of other people who have phone numbers. To repeat my question, how are apps that require a phone number scamming users?
- thekyle 6y agoSignal is GPLv3 software, so it is free as in freedom.