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Re:Signal Public Username Testing (Staging Environment) by thaumasiotes on Thursday November 09, 2023 @08:02AM (#38204448)
What fraud and abuse? They can prevent fraud and abuse by doing anything, including by doing nothing, because those aren't concepts that apply to their product.
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Re:Signal Public Username Testing (Staging Environment) by Arnt on Thursday November 09, 2023 @01:14PM (#38208575)
Spam is one kind of abuse.
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Re:Signal Public Username Testing (Staging Environment) by thaumasiotes on Thursday November 09, 2023 @08:40PM (#38214008)
So? What's the threat model? How does having phone numbers help?
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Re:Signal Public Username Testing (Staging Environment) by Arnt on Friday November 10, 2023 @09:24AM (#38219209)
You're making assertions about what Signal needs, and you're doing it without knowing their threat model.
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