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Signal is working on registration without a phone number. But what form will it take? (aboutsignal.com)
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[–] TobuscusLover2001@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago

I mean, they also were developing usernames five years ago AFAIK. Adding usernames for everyone was the hard, but necessary step they finally managed to do. Only now is it possible to make accounts that are discoverable AND aren't tethered to phone numbers. I'm assuming with passkeys/TOTP(?)