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Re:Signal PINs by ohhnoodont on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @05:00PM (#23240138)
Does this mean we will finally be able to use Signal without a phone number?
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Re:Signal PINs by sneak on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @05:11PM (#23240244)
They’ve been planning that for a long while. It requires first an e2e sync though, for contact lists, which is what the clientside secret (PIN) enables.
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