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		canjobear on Feb 21, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Signal Foundation Maybe they can use their $50,000,000 to make it possible to sign up for their service without a phone number. The hype around Signal is insane to me considering this lack of basic functionality.

emodendroket on Feb 22, 2018 | [–]

Also considering questions like "why does this app want all my contacts?" or "how do I know I can trust the implementation? or, critically, "how much does it even matter when the OS itself might be compromised?"

acct1771 on Feb 22, 2018 | [–]

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