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[-] Thorned_Rose@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

If you want to get really technical, each Signal account actually has a 'secret' account number that the phone number is linked to. The phone number requirement is actually a means to reduce spam and scam accounts.

[-] girlthing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 weeks ago

So they could have replaced it with, like, email verification or something, but they instead stuck to the design that lets governments identify all users?

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