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  3. BREAKING: Signal, the #1 privacy protecting messaging app many of us rely on, is saying they will pull out of πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ ENTIRELY if they're scoped into #BillC22 without large changes.

BREAKING: Signal, the #1 privacy protecting messaging app many of us rely on, is saying they will pull out of πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ ENTIRELY if they're scoped into #BillC22 without large changes.

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  • wiredfire@mstdn.socialW wiredfire@mstdn.social

    @landelare @reflex @really_idk @OpenMediaOrg @mollyim keep an eye on Molly, They’re working on just that

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    @wiredfire @reflex @really_idk @OpenMediaOrg @mollyim If you'll excuse me, I'll believe it if/when I see it. An unimplemented draft is worthless.

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    • reflex@retrogaming.socialR reflex@retrogaming.social

      @landelare @wiredfire @really_idk @OpenMediaOrg @mollyim You can set up an account with a virtual phone number and then let that number lapse: https://www.techbout.com/use-signal-without-phone-number-sim-61328/

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      @reflex @wiredfire @really_idk @OpenMediaOrg @mollyim That's a "no" then.

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        @reflex @wiredfire @really_idk @OpenMediaOrg @mollyim That's a "no" then.

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        @landelare @wiredfire @really_idk @OpenMediaOrg @mollyim I'm not sure what you mean. There are lots of ways to grab a temporary phone number that isn't linked to you personally. Google hands them out, you can create them with an anon account, use it to register, add a username, ditch the account.

        Clunky, but it works.

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        • reflex@retrogaming.socialR reflex@retrogaming.social

          @landelare @wiredfire @really_idk @OpenMediaOrg @mollyim I'm not sure what you mean. There are lots of ways to grab a temporary phone number that isn't linked to you personally. Google hands them out, you can create them with an anon account, use it to register, add a username, ditch the account.

          Clunky, but it works.

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          @reflex @wiredfire @really_idk @OpenMediaOrg @mollyim Still a phone number.

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          • landelare@mastodon.gamedev.placeL landelare@mastodon.gamedev.place

            @reflex @wiredfire @really_idk @OpenMediaOrg @mollyim Still a phone number.

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            @landelare @wiredfire @really_idk @OpenMediaOrg @mollyim Okay, well, I don't know what your issue is with the existence of numbers, I made apparently the poor assumption it was a privacy issue, apparently not.

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              BREAKING: Signal, the #1 privacy protecting messaging app many of us rely on, is saying they will pull out of πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ ENTIRELY if they're scoped into #BillC22 without large changes.

              This should be our final alarm bell: we can have digital privacy or we can have legislation this broad and broken, not both!

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              Secure messaging service says it will not weaken its encryption, privacy safeguards for government

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              For any new followers who received this post, please know there's a one click option for you to tell your MP to vote NO on #BillC22!
              https://www.openmedia.org/StopC22-mast

              #cdnpoli

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              • reflex@retrogaming.socialR reflex@retrogaming.social

                @landelare @wiredfire @really_idk @OpenMediaOrg @mollyim Okay, well, I don't know what your issue is with the existence of numbers, I made apparently the poor assumption it was a privacy issue, apparently not.

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                @reflex @wiredfire @really_idk @OpenMediaOrg @mollyim The numbers being forced. I would not mind at all if they were just an option. Discord of all things does this better, which is ridiculous.

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                • landelare@mastodon.gamedev.placeL landelare@mastodon.gamedev.place

                  @reflex @wiredfire @really_idk @OpenMediaOrg @mollyim The numbers being forced. I would not mind at all if they were just an option. Discord of all things does this better, which is ridiculous.

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                  @landelare @wiredfire @really_idk @OpenMediaOrg @mollyim I understand the sentiment, I was just trying to solve the practical problem. I have argued with them for years about the number thing, but there didn't used to be any workaround at all. Now there is so while I want them to finish the job, I at least can show people how to set up and still preserve their privacy.

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