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Why are you providing your phone number to anyone? Software should be free.

• growse 6y ago
  The software is free...?
  • icy 6y ago
    'Free' here is as in 'freedom'.
    • growse 6y ago
      I can download, run, study, modify/fork and redistribute both the client and server software, so I'm not sure what freedom is missing.
• vinay427 6y ago
  I 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 ago
  Signal is GPLv3 software, so it is free as in freedom.