Re:Signal adds a payments feature with a privacy-focused cry...
by codethief on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @05:32PM
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> Anyway Signal is itself pernicious by being tied to a phone number and to Google Play services
It's not tied to Google Play Services, you can download a standalone version from signal.org. As for phone numbers, the developers have been working on getting rid of them for a while now – there's already a good amount of code on GitHub.
It's not tied to Google Play Services, you can download a standalone version from signal.org. As for phone numbers, the developers have been working on getting rid of them for a while now – there's already a good amount of code on GitHub.