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Under Meredith Whittaker, Signal Is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong (www.wired.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think another reason they use a phone number is that it can mitigate issues with people or bots creating hundred of accounts maybe

[โ€“] sugar_in_your_tea 5 points 3 months ago

But there are plenty of other services that don't require a phone number that also seem to mitigate that issue, so while it may be a convenient option, it's hardly the only option.