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[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago

That's not really a problem. The biggest problem Signal has is people not caring about privacy enough to use another messaging app.

If Signal dropped the phone number requirement they'd get a handful more users. If people started to care about privacy they'd get millions of new users.