• THE MASTERMIND
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    911 months ago

    Threema seems to solve a problem signal has that is it does’nt need a phone number to open account . But i haven’t used any of them so can’t say . (If anyone wanna know i use telgram foss which is a debloated fork of the original client)

    • @[email protected]
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      1411 months ago

      That’s not really a problem. The biggest problem Signal has is people not caring about privacy enough to use another messaging app.

      If Signal dropped the phone number requirement they’d get a handful more users. If people started to care about privacy they’d get millions of new users.

    • @RageAgainstTheRich
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      1311 months ago

      Doesn’t signal now have username support? I thought i saw it released a week or so ago.

      • TheEntity
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        1811 months ago

        It still needs a phone number for registration. You just don’t need to share it with people you want to talk with.

        • @grayeul
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          111 months ago

          You can use Session (getsession.org) without any phone number. It is based somewhat on the Signal code base, and it’s a decent alternative for some.

      • THE MASTERMIND
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        411 months ago

        That doesn’t solve the issue that you have to give them a phone number to start an acc.