I really don’t get why so many people are turning this into a privacy versus anonymity debate when the real problem is censorship.
Yes, Signal needs a phone number to sign up, but replacing that with an email or username doesn’t make it anonymous. The real issue is that governments are blocking the registration SMS, so people can’t even sign up for the app in the first place.
Sure, there are workarounds, but most people aren’t going to jump through all those extra hoops just to use an app. If we want to spread privacy, how do we do that when Signal’s phone number requirement is actively working against us?
Instead of arguing over privacy versus anonymity, shouldn’t we focus on making sure everyone can access Signal without issues? What do you think?
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Why are all the ‘network issues’ always effecting phone numbers starting with the same country code?
Are they?
Get a number like theirs and try it yourself.
Okay so you don’t have any evidence.
Even if they are, like I mentioned elsewhere, just get a VoIP number.
You were given the evidence. It’s clear you don’t want it. A VoIP number does not solve this as the original post already explains.
You haven’t provided any evidence. Only an anecdote.