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Re:Now I understand why almost no one uses encrypted email by QuinnWilton on Thursday April 16, 2020 @10:47PM (#22895759)
This works until they either switch back to their original app or get a new phone and don't install signal on it. If you stop using Signal you need to deregister your phone number from the service, but many people don't know or care to do that.

If they don't, anyone who has ever used Signal to communicate with them will be silently unable to contact them anymore.

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Re:Now I understand why almost no one uses encrypted email by Vinnl on Friday April 17, 2020 @05:09AM (#22897406)
True. The former hasn't been a problem for me, the latter's becoming increasingly less so now that more and more people have switched, and people are starting to more consciously use it every now and then for one of the few Signal groups we have - but it certainly was a problem at first.
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