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  • Why does Signal want a phone number to register if it's supposedly privacy first?

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  • The messages are private and that’s what’s most important.

    No, that isn't true. WhatsApp has the same lies. Law enforcement connect communication between users at key times and use it as credible evidence. Why would drug exporter 1 be communicating with drug buyer 1 at the exact time the delivery arrives in the country? Law enforcement doesn't need to know what was written.

  • Why does Signal want a phone number to register if it's supposedly privacy first?

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  • Phone numbers are one way. Paid accounts are another.

    Rubbish. How would this stop bots? Bots are created to make money. What makes you think creators don't have a phone number, or be prepared to pay to spam.

  • Why does Signal want a phone number to register if it's supposedly privacy first?

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  • huh? so the phone number is encrypted in a way that can't be read, but an sms is sent to the phone? ... a separate company sends the text on behalf of signal? so that separate company logs the phone number, the timestamp and who knows what else.

  • Why does Signal want a phone number to register if it's supposedly privacy first?

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    1. yawn, vpns are a thing and strawman argument. point?
    2. my number is private. point?
    3. bs. spam is easy to detect across a large number of accounts using simpleheuristics. point?

  • Why does Signal want a phone number to register if it's supposedly privacy first?

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  • But the police request the meta data of all messages from your phone number that the company has and they're required by law to give them it.

  • Why does Signal want a phone number to register if it's supposedly privacy first?

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  • This is what the UK police do with WhatsApp data. Even though they can't read the messages, they do use the connections of messages to suspicious characters as evidence including date and times, which also puts these other people in the spotlight, opening further investigations.

    The UK police can also use 'stinger' devices that are "fake" mobile data towers to intercept mobile communications.

  • Why does Signal want a phone number to register if it's supposedly privacy first?

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  • opening the discussion again is just tiring.

    so tiring that i opened it and read it, then typed a long response.

  • Why does Signal want a phone number to register if it's supposedly privacy first?

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  • ... but why require numbers in the first place.

  • Why does Signal want a phone number to register if it's supposedly privacy first?

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  • and then every phone number on your phone by arresting you and searching your phone.

  • Why does Signal want a phone number to register if it's supposedly privacy first?

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  • you will still need a phone number to sign up for Signal

  • Why does Signal want a phone number to register if it's supposedly privacy first?

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  • During registration they want a phone number to send a verification code. I know I am me. They don't need to verify that.

  • Why does Signal want a phone number to register if it's supposedly privacy first?

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  • I'm sure that just sets the database column hide_phonenumber to TRUE.

  • Marshmallow Test

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  • A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush!

  • Marshmallow Test

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  • This experiment was not specifically about whether a kid would wait for the second marshmellow or not (which would be delayed by 20+ minutes), nor whether they would play with the roomful of toys, but to see how they grew up. The real test was to catch up with the adults and see how 'successful' they'd become. The experimenters found that those children who waited for the second marshmellow achieved higher grades and had more 'successful' better-paying careers.

    It's the concept of delayed rewards vs immediate rewards and is prevalent in the world of machine learning.

  • When computer is what?

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  • When computer is what?

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  • Esterline make specialised keyboards that are specifically for sterile environments which have this feature. You press a button, the keys are ignored and you can wipe the keyboard down.

    https://www.advancedinput.com/medigenic

  • How many people here have a father who smokes or used to smoke cigarettes?

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  • This research is from the same kind of people who do “research” by observing children without actually trying to figure out what it is like to actually be Autistic. Uhm, fake news. Your response is generic slop that is not even specific to the point and I'm not even sure what you mean when writing "people will stop trying to cure autism". I'm sure the future is already here and persuader bots are everywhere.

  • How many people here have a father who smokes or used to smoke cigarettes?

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  • as in, epigenetics...

  • Its ok, skype was killed off anyway.

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  • Each version of office is a downgrade.