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I'll never understand the concept of a privacy focused messaging app that uses your phone number.
by whywhywhywhy 6y ago
I'll never understand the concept of a privacy focused messaging app that uses your phone number.
- maxerickson 6y agoGoing to signal from other messengers replaces unknown/hard to reason about privacy issues with a single easy to reason about issue. The idea was to do that for the broad group of people using messengers on their phones.
- root_axis 6y agoThe original design goal of signal was a secure alternative to SMS. The use of phone numbers and is core to this philosophy.