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Signal Desktop without a smartphone, standalone version in development (aboutsignal.com)

submitted 4 days ago by unglueclass23@programming.dev to c/privacy@programming.dev

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For non-phone-numbered accounts

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yep. So.. You sign up with a username, no phone number.. Then you use a payment provider to pay for that account... And.. Your payment info is therefore linked to that account at creation time.

Potential remedy could be using Bitcoin or something as an option, but then.. 99% of people dont have or use crypto, and would just use the default CC/paypal. Same issue.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The fuck do you think the phone number works

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

You claimed a payment system would solve spam. I explained why that gets right back to the privacy problem.

This has left you deeply confused, apparently. Bye.