What's a universal thing to the portable device that everyone has got in their pocket? I agree it's sucky and really there could be better ways, should be something none trackable and perhaps offer opt-in discovery via phone book.

Have the option of decoupling it entirely from the phone.

The government can track you a lot easier than pinging via signal btw. A lot easier!

> What's a universal thing to the portable device that everyone has got in their pocket?

All phones have internet connectivity... The phone number is completely useless to talk via the internet anyways...

> The government can track you a lot easier than pinging via signal btw. A lot easier!

I think that it is easier to connect a real-world identity to an internet account when they also have your phone number associated with the account...