On Sat, 27 Jul 2024 23:56:39 +0000 "Randall Rose" <rr...@pobox.com> wrote:
> But if they were willing to offer a full-featured desktop client (or > even a semifunctional one) that only required a mobile number to What you are missing is an important factor of Signal's core design: It's originally was an SMS app which required a phone number capable of receiving SMS messages. As it grew into a replacement for SMS, they already had an entrenched userbase using phone numbers as unique identifiers. You can switch the desktop client to developer mode and use it without linking to the app, but I don't know how well it works in this mode: https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#setting-up-standalone -- \m/ (--) \m/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@driftwood.blu.org https://driftwood.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
