Messaging software that force you to have a mobile phone | 🗖 nosplit | ↑ parent "Messaging software" | 189
Chat programs that don't have a proper web-only operation and force you to have a mobile phone, e.g. WhatsApp.
Heck, even Signal, which is supposed to be super secure and good for your privacy, forces you to disclose your freaking cell phone to all contacts! https://lifehacker.com/how-to-use-signal-without-revealing-your-private-phone-1818996580
What is my phone breaks? What if I don't want to have a fucking phone? What if I move countries and have to change the fucking number? Also evil but less because done by all: chat programs that can't send you an email if you don't see the message in X minutes.
Yes, end-to-end encrypted peer-to-peer remains impossible with that, but I'm fine with the National Security Agency reading my messages until a working distributed technical solution is available, maybe it already is and just needs more visibility.