I remember a time when visiting a website that opens a javacript dialog box asking for your name so the message “hi <name entered>” could be displayed was baulked at.

Why does signal want a phone number to register? Is there a better alternative?

  • rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago
    1. People were complaining about JS existing when SSL and TLS were not omniscious. If we disagree on that fact, move on.
    2. A sequence of digits.
    3. OK, what are your “simple heuristics” for a bunch of pieces of ciphertext with unknown sender (except for IP addresses) in your storage to pick spammers from that?