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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    7 hours ago

    This shows they do not need our phone numbers but they still demand it.

    Despite this, escaping WhatsApp and Discord, anti-libre software, is more important.

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      No it doesn’t. What is a need? It is for troll and spam and bot protection. How does the links show that there is no need for it?