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Signal is working on registration without a phone number. But what form will it take? (aboutsignal.com)

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[-] quick_snail@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That's a good point.

I guess the best is a hybrid where the server is just optional for asynchronous messaging, and if the server is temporarily down, the service just becomes temporarily degraded into synchronous mode.

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