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Time to get serious with E2E encrypted messaging
(techcrunch.com)
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It is dumb and annoying and inconvenient but doesn't affect its use or privacy.
I do agree that SimpleX seems like the best chat option.
It affects its use for me definitely. I don't want to have a phone number. At all.
I have to wonder if you could use a burner number and just disable it after setting up your username
I have created a telegram account like that. No username. The number does not exist anymore. It's been working as intended for the past 6 years or so.