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Signal registration without a phone number now available in Android beta (but payment required!) (aboutsignal.com)
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Signal has started rolling out Signal Login, an optional registration method that allows users to create a Signal account without providing a phone number. The feature will be rolled out first on Android and will come to iOS later.

As we previously reported, Signal Login is not a free alternative registration method. Signal requires users who choose to register without a phone number to make a one-time payment. The price at launch is $2.99 / € 3.49, although this may vary by region and currency.

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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Except the payment goes through Google Play, making it trackable

[–] amzd@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes that’s the point of requiring payment or a phone number

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Which is antithetical to having a "private messenger"

[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No, it's only antithetical to having a "anonymous messenger".

Still don't like it that Signal would require payment through Google and I'm hoping for more payment options (inb4 Apple...) but let's not call a hare a 'hore.

[–] amzd@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think anonymous messenger generally means talking to other people anonymously. If I want to talk to my friend from school that is private messaging, but that shouldn’t require me to identify myself to some foreign company.