• @just_another_person
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      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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        810 months ago

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

        • @just_another_person
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          Bruh. No GPU needed. I build multiplatform apps daily on GitHub Actions. Dafuq you talking about?

      • @[email protected]
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        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?

      • THE MASTERMIND
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        Dafuq are you talking about ? Telegram does need phone numbers for sign up

      • @[email protected]
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        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.