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		AnonHP on Feb 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Keep your phone number private with Signal usernam... What would you classify Signal as, with its stickers, cryptocurrency (MobileCoin), etc.?

hunter2_ on Feb 21, 2024 | [–]

I think "social" in this context refers to frictionless friend finding, not stickers. Good privacy involves a certain level of friction, with PGP verification being a classic example of the UX problem space.

snotrockets on Feb 25, 2024 | [–]

Signal is one-to-one or many-to-many.

Telegram is mostly few-to-many.

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