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Comment by antisocialist

> Now, there exists a minority of extremely technical computer user for which Signal is a nonstarter (because you need a smartphone and valid phone number to enroll in the first place). > there presently isn’t really a good recommendation for private messaging that meets their constraints.

You don't need a phone number or a phone for https://haven.xx.network and there are others.

If nothing is recommended, fine, but it's simplistic to not recommend or even consider the 3-4 apps that don't have those limitations. If you didn't have time to investigate or couldn't find anything else, say so.

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