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The article also mentions that Signal can block the crypto payments in some countries to prevent being blocked.
by Tepix 6y ago
The article also mentions that Signal can block the crypto payments in some countries to prevent being blocked.
- chaps 6y agoThen why not make another damn app?! This is insane.
- qqii 6y agoYou have to begin wjth the premise that Moxie would like to add payment integration to Signal, in which cake making another app doesn't fulfill the goal. You could also argue against the premise that a secure chat app needs payment integration, but that's one to bring up on twitter against Moxie.
- ac29 6y agoThere really is no technical way to 100% prevent specific countries from using a given piece of software via the internet. Plenty of crypto platforms have claimed to ban US users (often with laughably weak techniques like IP block bans), only to be questioned by US authorities who basically say "OK, prove it (with KYC/AML)".
- Tepix 6y agoSignal has the benefit of knowing the user's phone number.