As Signal get your phone number. Can we considerate this application as private ? What’s your thoughts about it ? I’m also using SimpleX, ElementX, Threema, but not much people using it…

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Multiple-accounts and pseudonyms

What about them?

Also SIM-cards/phone numbers are required by law to be attached to your real world identity in many countries.

Why is that a problem?

Why is that a problem?

Why are you posting as artyom@piefed.social and not <real name>@<home address>?

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…because this is not a private message? And because my home address is not a piefed server. Such a weird question…

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