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Not sure why you need a phone number? besides government and/or ad tracking. This is why I use Matrix/Element

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• _joel 5y ago
  What's a universal thing to the portable device that everyone has got in their pocket? I agree it's sucky and really there could be better ways, should be something none trackable and perhaps offer opt-in discovery via phone book. Have the option of decoupling it entirely from the phone. The government can track you a lot easier than pinging via signal btw. A lot easier!
  • YaBomm 5y ago
    > What's a universal thing to the portable device that everyone has got in their pocket? All phones have internet connectivity... The phone number is completely useless to talk via the internet anyways... > The government can track you a lot easier than pinging via signal btw. A lot easier! I think that it is easier to connect a real-world identity to an internet account when they also have your phone number associated with the account...
    • YaBomm 5y ago