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		tapoxi on Nov 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Privacy is priceless, but Signal is expensive Those are in addition to the phone number, but it will still require a phone number under the hood.

yjftsjthsd-h on Nov 16, 2023 [–]

In the short term it will, and quite possibly in a long-term also, but if you were going to fully make phone numbers optional, I'm pretty sure this is the first step you would take. At the very least it sure looks like they're starting to build the possibility.

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