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Finally some good news from #Signal 🥳 (aboutsignal.com)
submitted 2 days ago by rajkopz@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] lemdeggity@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think you're jumping the gun a bit. They're just saying that requiring a phone number added a barrier against spammers and they want to be sure this change doesn't open the flood gates.

From the article:

"We gotta figure out some way to induce a cost for signing up without a phone number”, Kret said.

It’s unclear whether this means that registration without a phone number will become a paid feature.

However, “cost” does not necessarily mean a monetary fee; it could also refer to another barrier designed to prevent abuse.

[–] RadicalRebel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Even if it was a card, privacy.com for the win as it allows for any address and name to be used with their debit cards!

[–] mild_deviation@programming.dev 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

For the low, low price of the transaction fee and all data about the transaction!

Is there a system in the US that doesn’t need an overhaul at this point?

[–] RadicalRebel@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

There's no transaction fees and the payment data can be anything you'd like... But I'm on the same page about an overhaul for sure