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Under Meredith Whittaker, Signal Is Out to Prove Surveillance Capitalism Wrong (www.wired.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You can use Monero for payment, I started doing this ever since sanctions began. Free services are not really viable because they're far more likely to have all their numbers already used up.

But yea, the overall point is that it is a large inconvenience and a possible point of failure (the next number user deleting the account).

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, it's certainly problematic, and I'd very much prefer that it not have that dependency. But I think it's still worth using Signal despite needing a number, because it's a really low barrier to getting new users on it.

    If you want something truly private w/o the dependency on a number, there are better options, such as SimpleX. However, the barrier to entry there is a bit higher.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I have a few problems with Simplex (I worry about it being effectively centralized for now and that the VC funding may get it to either enshittify or stop development)... But I do use it quite a bit and even have the servers (which were very easy to set up and don't consume a lot of resources). I like a lot of what it does (including being very easy to use), and hope it succeeds as it matures!

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