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Comment by 2Gkashmiri

yes. yes yes. yes. yes

100%. the same reason i avoid whatsapp and signal like the plague. "mobile number" is in itself a big identifier when you are living in a place where you have o do mandatory KYC so that the government knows which each mobile number is linked to the actual human being.

i dont care signal doesnt hold any messages. the government can ask for my number and they can use the xkcd spanner method to do the rest. the point is to AVOID PII in the first place, matrix does this wonderfully. no need for mobile number or email number or your real name.

living in an actual police state, i can attest to how important that is, americans/europeans can hardly imagine.

parent 2Gkashmiri 4 years ago

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