“Signal is being blocked in Venezuela and Russia. The app is a popular choice for encrypted messaging and people trying to avoid government censorship, and the blocks appear to be part of a crackdown on internal dissent in both countries…”

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      3 months ago

      This is false. You still need a phone number to sign up and it is used as an internal identifier.

      All they did is to allow you to hide your phone number from other users.