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>PGPP does not support traditional phone calling/SMS and doesn’t include a phone number. Instead we recommend that users install and use more secure apps such as Signal and Matrix for voice and video.

Doesn't signal require a phone number to use? Or did they fix that?

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It does, but you can use any number, even a VoIP number. (And you can connect to the VoIP provider with PGPP Relay enabled.)

Just a little feedback (worth a dime or a damn, you decide), but I come here for the comments first to judge whether clicking the link is worthwhile. The problem discussed in the parent comments would completely rule me out as a user: solving privacy is not a technical problem, it has always been a usability problem. This is primarily why your namesake failed - variations on wizardry that ultimately result in a user still having to jump through hoops to accomplish simple tasks sounds like the same thing all over again to me

I tend to not take this as a black and white matter -- I see privacy as a layered problem -- at multiple network/software layers -- and as a policy and user behavior question. No single response, whether user education, policy, technology, etc. can perfectly solve something as complex and nebulous as privacy. (It gets worse when we think about the contextual nature of privacy -- that what we want out of it depends on the parties involved, even the time of day.)

A service with throwaway numbers would be nice... a lot like https://www.emailnator.com/ does for email. But it would be even better if they wouldn't require a phone number or email.

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