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Signal. Any restriction can be bypassed
Soo... this whole thing is about the eu not the uk. Which are (now) different things. The uk dropped their dumb idea with a "when this is technically possible" restriction, which it won't be because maths isn't changing anytime soon.
The eu thing is different and technically possible.
At least the UK is willing to acknowledge they want something impossible, haha. In the US they'd just say "do it, math be damned".
"The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia." ~ Malcolm Turnbul, former Australian PM.
Turnbul has done less study on the matter than king Cnut.
AFAIK in Iran, the issue is that the real local phone numbers could not be accepted for registration due to sanctions, so it only ever worked for existing accounts. Another problem of such a system.
Yeah, Signal should work on its reliance over phone
It's a feature that keeps being said to be "almost ready", but phone number for registration will continue to be required from what I understand. What they were working on was the ability to have usernames to connect to strangers and other people without the need to share the phone number.
Not just a phone number, but a non-sanctioned phone number.
They could. If they wanted to. But they don't want to. They could charge a little bit of money to initiate contact with somebody if you don't have your phone number registered. To keep the spam down. They already have their own mobile coin, they could just ask initial contacts to send a penny for that contact. Something not too intrusive. They could do that, if they want to, but they don't want to.