I don’t. I wouldn’t ever use it, of course, but if it allows more people access to encrypted and federated communication, I’d welcome phone number identities. There are several reasons most other mainstream messengers (WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal) work that way.
Many people are too computer illiterate to use anything else but their phones. Many people don’t even get the concept of “registration” anymore. And they don’t care about privacy.
It’s easier to educate people when you can actually talk/write to them.
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Yeah, but as far as I know, not a single Matrix.org identity provider allows registration with only a phone number.
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I don’t. I wouldn’t ever use it, of course, but if it allows more people access to encrypted and federated communication, I’d welcome phone number identities. There are several reasons most other mainstream messengers (WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal) work that way.
Many people are too computer illiterate to use anything else but their phones. Many people don’t even get the concept of “registration” anymore. And they don’t care about privacy.
It’s easier to educate people when you can actually talk/write to them.
[Matrix] used to allow phone number registration when it was called riot.im i believe. They removed that feature. Anyone know why?