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?

  • Autonomous User@lemmy.worldBanned from communityOPEnglish
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    6 months ago

    This is never written anywhere in that comment. Is it too hard to read? Which part is confusing?

    • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
      21·
      6 months ago

      You haven’t provided any evidence that it’s “blocked” or that there is any “denial of service”. As far as I can tell, the user has network issues.

      • Autonomous User@lemmy.worldBanned from communityOPEnglish
        12·
        6 months ago

        Why are all the ‘network issues’ always effecting phone numbers starting with the same country code?

            • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
              11·
              6 months ago

              Okay so you don’t have any evidence.

              Even if they are, like I mentioned elsewhere, just get a VoIP number.

              • Autonomous User@lemmy.worldBanned from communityOPEnglish
                13·
                6 months ago

                You were given the evidence. It’s clear you don’t want evidence. A VoIP number does not solve this as the original post already explains.