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Phone numbers are, in some countries including Germany, tied to your identity (as in you can’t even get a number without government issued ID), it doesn’t get m

Phone numbers are, in some countries including Germany, tied to your identity (as in you can’t even get a number without government issued ID), it doesn’t get much worse for an identifier if anonymity is the goal.

sbf501 4y ago
So ultimately this is a service-provider problem? E.g., signal with server issued ID?
- Semaphor 4y ago
  It’s the law here, KYC for phone numbers. So even a pseudonym would be better.