#Shitcoin

it's not a "strange complaint", but a massive problem, because it creates dependency on a proven insecure network that is more often than not controlled if not run by hostile actors…

  • Also #eMail, like #XMPP+#OMEMO, is based around #OpenStandards so you ain't forced to use any provider that is subject to #CloudAct nor known to snitch on customers without a valid domestic warrant…
    • And if you trust noone, you can just host your eMail Server on a Rasberry Pi at home. It'll certainly be less convenient and more expensive but the you also get all the benefits of it being not possible to seize it without breaking into your home.

@signalapp
 mandating #PhoneNumners is a huge red flag because at best any #PhoneNumber is pseudonymous like a #Shitcoin-Wallet and that any #privacy is broken the moment it has any (even remotely circumstantial) connection to someone.

  • Because even if you ain't forced into #SelfDoxxing to obtain a #Prepaid - #SIM (aka. "#KYC") and/or Phone Number it is still a bad design.
    • Not to mention that this conpletely twarts their "#Metadata - #FUD" completely.

Not to mention #Signal's #App is a huge shitshow…

beige.party

The Lack Thereof :v_bi: (@[email protected])

@[email protected] This has always struck me as the strangest complaint about Signal. You don't need to distribute your phone number to actually communicate with other signal users. Presumably you want some form of 2fa, because losing your account would be bad. And you don't want to be tied to some cloud based email provider. And it's literally a phone app so every single user has the dependency.

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