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Cannot be less clear.
Anyway I don't understand why you'd need an account. I've always created rooms and share the link to people to invite. You can setup a password if you want privacy. Any reason to login?
They are probably talking about using it to share CSAM or other illegal content. They need one person to login to be not anonymous so they can give it to the authorities if necessary.
But why a Google/FB/MS account? Why isn't an email account from an established provider enough, why centralise to three megacorps?
Because these three provide federated login most email providers do not.
I didn't think I'd unironically hear "This is an advantage because now one company controls all your logins" as a reply to privacy concerns.
I didn’t say that. Security and privacy are nearly opposites. This is a security decision.
There's plenty of disposable email services out there.
And they're added to spam lists all the time. All you need do is draw up a list of the twenty most popular, because frankly Gmail and outlook already cover so many while leaving room for privacy-friendly providers.
There was likely a broad campaign of abuse that violated some sorta law. There’s not really another reason for this move short of something that puts them in an untenable situation.