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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by junto on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @02:42AM (#39451109)
On the flip side, SMS fraud is almost nonexistent from German mobile numbers, which is why scammers just send from other countries to German mobile phone owners. Mostly from France.
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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by crotchfire on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @05:43AM (#39452242)
SMS fraud is almost nonexistent from German mobile numbers

Even if this is true, how does that benefit Germans?

Nobody's seriously talking about blocking all SMSes at the national border.

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