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0 pointskuschku8y ago0 comments

In many countries, burner phones require registration with biometrics as well.

For example, Germany requires registration of burner phones with ID or passport before any network is allowed to activate the SIM. The ID and passport obviously are linked to your fingerprints and face.

Signal is advertised to people in oppressive regimes as a solution to avoid the government from snooping on their messages (this security from nation states is further implied due to their framing of Snowden comments).

Requiring an identifier that’s linked to a government ID is the opposite of that.

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IntronExon8y ago· 2 in thread

Between a burner or a VOIP number there seem to be options, and I’m not sure that Signal dropping their requirement would improve the platform.

kuschkuOP8y ago

As I said, a burner isn’t an option, as that still requires registration, and a VOIP number costs money.

At the stated goal, of being a free app to allow people to avoid government surveillance, Signal is failing horribly.

IntronExon8y ago

It sounds like it works well for about 5/6ths of the world’s population.

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