schizoidman@lemmy.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours agoHead of the Signal app threatens to withdraw from Europewww.bluewin.chexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1489arrow-down15 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareplz1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·18 hours agoThat makes the assumption you want to use your phone number at all. And I’m sure the overhead of encryption would break SMS due to the limits on character counts.
minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·17 hours ago That makes the assumption you want to use your phone number at all Can’t use Signal without a phone number.
minus-squareplz1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoYou CAN use it to interact with people without them knowing your number. The only current requirement is specific to registration.
That makes the assumption you want to use your phone number at all. And I’m sure the overhead of encryption would break SMS due to the limits on character counts.
Can’t use Signal without a phone number.
You CAN use it to interact with people without them knowing your number. The only current requirement is specific to registration.