I remember a time when visiting a website that opens a javacript dialog box asking for your name so the message “hi <name entered>” could be displayed was baulked at.

Why does signal want a phone number to register? Is there a better alternative?

  • Autonomous User@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Did anyone say that was the problem? It will not matter how encrypted your messages are when the centralised service gets easily banned.