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Comment by rglullis

2 years ago

Matrix and XMPP also provide privacy without requiring a phone number

(Or a phone, even)

That's a fact, and many people use XMPP and Matrix more because of that. We need to stop relying on phone number identifiers as described here: https://dessalines.github.io/essays/why_not_signal.html#phon...

The news today is a step in the right direction for sure, but more needs to be done if they want more privacy and anonymity-focused people to use it. This section on what makes a good messaging platform still resonates: https://dessalines.github.io/essays/why_not_signal.html#what...