If someone trys to register with an existing number then it wont work if its already being used.
Im not sure on this^
Better to enable a security pin if you are concerned.
The traditional phone system involvement is annoying.
Windows problems
Are you a robot?
<fails captcha>
I guess not
”It’s important to maintain control of this phone number."
I strongly feel that this is false.
People who think US healthcare is adequate.
Meanwhile… 3 infections lay dormant.
This is what flatpak brings to the table
So does capitalism
Seems like a cool idea
Landlords arent going to want to install solar on the roofs to absorb some of that energy. They probably think it looks ugly. Thats the real problem.
There are way more companies who want to text-mine user content than there are blind people using the internet to read my content.
I think ping is this: https://m.slashdot.org/story/64339
Google sucks
Diaspora has private groups. But many downsides.
For example… discovering people, first involves sharing with them.
It would be dfficult to keep all kinds of random things in an affordable database.
I’m more concerned about the meaning of life. Which, conveniently is 42.
webserver software can compress.
https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/web-server/compression/ .
The corruption is almost complete
Verizon seemed to lower their prices but prices are only valid for first year of service.
If its just a game then why not run it in any old browser.
It doesnt matter much, in this case.
I cant find any information that discusses the security risk. But it would seem that this transfering all content to the owner of the phone number is a standard feature.
So, maybe its not discussed because it doesn’t frequently happen.
It doesnt seem like a trustworthy way to ensure users’ content remains secure.
Update:
https://old.reddit.com/r/signal/comments/8r7tbc/someone_impersonating_me_using_my_old_number_what/
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007062012-Change-Number
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007062452-What-do-I-do-if-my-phone-is-lost-or-stolen
https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007059752-Backup-and-Restore-Messages