Can someone explain to me how them having my phone number and being able to find new contacts with their phone numbers doesn’t lead to a whole association chain problem that can be used to repress dissension in countries inclined to do that? I have a hard time believing that the phone numbers aren’t available to state actors. Requiring a phone to sign up seems fishy as fuck.
Matrix doesn’t need this info and seems to work fine.
vovo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Telegram’s core functionality is closed-source.
krimson@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Also no way to block people that are not on your contact list. I get a lot of spam lately by scammers and the likes.