100 sats \ 0 replies \ @CruncherDefi 5 Mar \ parent \ on: Signal’s New Usernames Help Keep the Cops Out of Your Messages privacy
Think of the "phone number requirement" as "Proof of work". If you frame it that way it kinda makes sense. It takes time and effort (or cost) to obtain a phone number.
Obviously we at SN know what would make the better POW to fight off the spam, but the normie world is still not there.