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Re:Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal by walterbell on Saturday February 11, 2017 @01:44PM (#13624032)
You can use Wire's API (in alpha) without a phone number, https://github.com/wireapp/wire-bot-java && https://wire.com/en/privacy/
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Re:Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal by saycheese on Saturday February 11, 2017 @02:13PM (#13624179)
Wire is not Signal, right?
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Re:Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal by qznc on Saturday February 11, 2017 @04:08PM (#13624797)
Their protocol is derived from Signal's. I don't know how close it is. Maybe just the name, because Moxie does not like independent reimplementations.

Wire also got a favorable audit recently. https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/10/messaging-app-wire-now-has...

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Re:Signal-cli: command-line and dbus interface to Signal by walterbell on Saturday February 11, 2017 @03:15PM (#13624539)
Signal requires a phone number, Wire does not.
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