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Why does Signal want a phone number to register if it's supposedly privacy first? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 day ago by 0101100101@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I remember a time when visiting a website that opens a javacript dialog box asking for your name so the message "hi " could be displayed was baulked at.

Why does signal want a phone number to register? Is there a better alternative?

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[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have never received spam on Signal.

[–] GrumpyDuckling@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

I got one one time, been using it for years. Fuckin' weird to try on people who are privacy and security conscious. My guess is that they were attempting to see what numbers are using signal in the first place if someone responds with a "fuck off" then the spammer knows they use signal.

[–] sqgl@beehaw.org 2 points 1 day ago

I have exactly once as did a couple of my friends from the same stranger.