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@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year ago

Signal introduces usernames and phone number privacy.

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Signal introduces usernames and phone number privacy.

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    I know what it is. It is not a barrier to entry though.

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      He explained why it is, so can you elaborate on why it’s not?

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        Because it’s not. I can spin any number of emulators or VMs that do any amount of work with a simple script, but that’s all it does. How does it prove I’m anything but a scripted, virtual instance of a person with a device?

        There’s a reason why Telegram is flooded with bots, Signal as of now has not been.

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          Bots can buy phone numbers, hell, they can solve most captchas better than humans.

          There’s a reason why Telegram is flooded with bots, Signal as of now has not been.

          Telegram requires a phone number, so it clearly isn’t working.

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          It’s a time and resource gate, not a way to prove that you’re a human.

          Also doesn’t Telegram require a phone number too?

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            You’re in the wrong thread.

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              I’m really not. Did you want to try making a coherent point again? Or are you all tapped out?

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                Yes. Please explain again how compute == human

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                  It doesn’t… No one was claiming that…

                  Are you lost?

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          Sure, if you had unlimited gpus with unlimited electricity then it wouldn’t keep you from spinning up unlimited bots

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            Bruh. No GPU needed. I build multiplatform apps daily on GitHub Actions. Dafuq you talking about?

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              how do you produce unique hashes with the correctly sized nonce?

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          Dafuq are you talking about ? Telegram does need phone numbers for sign up

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            Check that

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              Of course it does.

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