Re:Signal is for everyone, and everyone is different
by itake on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @01:50PM
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The article you linked requires them to have access to the old phone.
There was a post a few weeks ago about how homeless people struggle to retain their phones, going through a new phone every week [0].
Personally, when I travel, I don’t always have my US phone number available. If my phone is stolen while I’m abroad, I can’t get a new phone or recover my phone number until I return, which could be months later.
Signal is not for everyone and them claiming it is makes me trust them less.
There was a post a few weeks ago about how homeless people struggle to retain their phones, going through a new phone every week [0].
Personally, when I travel, I don’t always have my US phone number available. If my phone is stolen while I’m abroad, I can’t get a new phone or recover my phone number until I return, which could be months later.
Signal is not for everyone and them claiming it is makes me trust them less.
[0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33120534