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Every time someone brings up Signal in these threads I cringe. One can make up stories about spam protection as much as he wants, but given how little (basicall
by krick 2y ago
Every time someone brings up Signal in these threads I cringe. One can make up stories about spam protection as much as he wants, but given how little (basically none) control one has over him phone number, no messenger strictly requiring a phone number can be considered "privacy-oriented" by any sane person.
- maxwell 2y agoWhat do you advocate for an alternative identifier and how do you combat spam without verifying a phone number?
- pier25 2y agono IDs, only connect to the users you choose to connect with SimpleX comes to mind https://simplex.chat/ https://simplex.chat/
- fragmede 2y agothey have usernames now
- zuhsetaqi 2y agoYou still can’t create an account without a phone number
- inquirerGeneral 2y ago[dead]
- Cody-99 2y agoHuh? I think you are confusing "privacy-oriented" and anonymous! Signal is pretty privacy oriented since it has E2EE by default (and so does Whatsapp). Telegram would be much more privacy oriented if it had E2EE by default.