• @just_another_person
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        1 year ago

        Because it’s not. I can spin any number of emulators or VMs that do any amount of work with a simple script, but that’s all it does. How does it prove I’m anything but a scripted, virtual instance of a person with a device?

        There’s a reason why Telegram is flooded with bots, Signal as of now has not been.

        • @GustavoFring
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          81 year ago

          Sure, if you had unlimited gpus with unlimited electricity then it wouldn’t keep you from spinning up unlimited bots

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          1 year ago

          It’s a time and resource gate, not a way to prove that you’re a human.

          Also doesn’t Telegram require a phone number too?

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          31 year ago

          Bots can buy phone numbers, hell, they can solve most captchas better than humans.

          There’s a reason why Telegram is flooded with bots, Signal as of now has not been.

          Telegram requires a phone number, so it clearly isn’t working.