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Use signal.
by jms703 3y ago
Use signal.
- NooneAtAll3 3y agoas soon as it stops requiring phone number as identifier
- spaceguillotine 3y agothey did that already. you can sign up with just an account name now, i ditched my phone number from my account after it rolled out around a month ago.
- gnyman 3y agoI'm quite sure you still need a phone number to sign up? Afrer that you can hide it but not get rid of it. Still the fact that you can use it without disclosing your phone number to anyone except signal is indeed useful and a improvement from before. https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/6712070553754-Phone-Number-Privacy-and-Usernames https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/6712070553754-P...
- em500 3y agoSerious question: what should they, or some idealized privacy-first messaging service, use for as a account-id + authentication? I will need some reasonably cost-effective defense against mass abuse.
- lxgr 2y agoThey could offer usernames tied to a one-time minimum donation, for example, let existing users vouch for new ones etc. Yes, all more difficult than using phone numbers and outsourcing the proof-of-humanity problem to telcos all over the world, but in my opinion it would be worth it.
- upofadown 3y agoLast I checked, Signal doesn't support email...