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[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Signal throws users who need anonymity (refugees, victims of domestic abuse, etc) under the bus by refusing to let users create accounts without phone numbers.

There's no technical restriction. Signal just doesn't care about helping these people.

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Signal throws users who need anonymity (refugees, victims of domestic abuse, etc) under the bus by refusing to let users create accounts without phone numbers.

Spam. If you implemented other ways of stopping it, it would be even worse for privacy.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That's there excuse. They also say F-droid is insecure which is not true these days

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 0 points 3 months ago

Bullshit.other services have anonymous accounts yet no issues with spam

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml -3 points 3 months ago

That's due to privacy hostile captchas and others absolutely horrendous techniques.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 3 points 3 months ago

Nope, none of that is needed for Wire

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