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		xhkkffbf on Nov 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Privacy is priceless, but Signal is expensive Which might be said to increase privacy. I suppose there's something to the point about combating spam. But surely there are other ways to do this, right?

smt88 on Nov 16, 2023 [–]

Getting rid of phone numbers would make anonymity easier, but it wouldn't affect privacy. Signal is explicitly private but not anonymous.

In most countries, you can get an anonymous phone number anyway.

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