I remember a time when visiting a website that opens a javacript dialog box asking for your name so the message “hi <name entered>” could be displayed was baulked at.

Why does signal want a phone number to register? Is there a better alternative?

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    2 days ago

    reason Signal needs a phone number: populating your contact list

    Wrong, it is not optional.

    Despite this, escaping WhatsApp and Discord, anti-libre software, is more important.