Post #2804266
2026-05-15 00:03 UTC
@wiredfire@mstdn.social @landelare@mastodon.gamedev.place @reflex@retrogaming.social @really_idk@mastodon.social @OpenMediaOrg@mastodon.social @mollyim@fosstodon.org
They’re spreading FUD with black and white thinking. Signal would’ve been a nightmare for spoofing, fraud, and all other kinds of abuse if it didn’t use phone numbers. Matrix XMPP decentralization is a pipe dream for purists who don’t actually have anyone to talk to.
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@reflex@retrogaming.social 2026-05-15 13:47
@paulpalinkas@mastodon.social @wiredfire@mstdn.social @landelare@mastodon.gamedev.place @really_idk@mastodon.social @OpenMediaOrg@mastodon.social @mollyim@fosstodon.org I disagree with this assertion, yes that person is being overly difficult, but Signal marketing itself as privacy protecting while requiring people to connect via phone numbers for most of it's existence was absolutely poor design. I am glad they introduced usernames and are moving away from requiring phone numbers but they left a lot of people vulnerable until then.