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Signal introduces usernames and phone number privacy. (signal.org)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He explained why it is, so can you elaborate on why it's not?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Check that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Of course it does.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

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.