@b no, it's not a limitation per-se, it's just that @signalapp devs are assholes with their fetish to tie everything to #PII like a #PhoneNumber and demanding users to #SelfDox and have either their setup or get shafted!
My [reservations](https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114234551915193036) and [criticism](https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114862595629371002) re: #Signal are not just valid, but the reality is *even worse than I thought*: - The fact that @[email protected] requires not only their shitty #Android #App, and a #PhoneNumber but literally won't allow people to use their shitty #Desktop-App unless they have an Android device with a camera pointed at it makes it utterly unuseable for certain users *who don't have a fucking #camera in their Android*… Seriously, do they expect folks to deal with that shit? - It's already worse in terms of #UX than #telegram and #discord and that too makes #XMPP+#OMEMO clients like @[email protected] / #monoclesChat & @[email protected] / #gajim easier and faster to onboard #TechIlliterates onto. - Whichever asshole decided that a *replacement for #SMS* should mandate #PII like a #PhoneNumber & not be natively cross-platform should be banned from doing any #tech in their life. Trying to circumvent this shit and helping folks with it makes me so fucking angry that I'm now explicitly refusing to support it! FIX THAT SHIT, @[email protected], and if it means you need to kick some devs in their crouch then consider this a necessary *"investment"*… #sarcasm #TechSupport #TalesFromTechSupport #Enshittification #SignalSucks #TelegramSucks #Messengers
Sadly it does because it will necessitate "#Developer #Verification" for EVERY #apk / #xapk file regardless of source.
This is worse than #Apple because Apple doesn't mandate #Devs to #selfdox for simply shoving a self-signed App on their #iPhone or #iPad!
Without #Regulators like @BNetzA & @EUCommission forcing them into compliance this will only get worse!
Seriously, [this](https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/115265469071490115) will harm #FLOSS & #Privacy of #users and #developers and given the details *WILL BE USED* to enforce a #ban on #Tor and #VPN|s because there's no valid reason to expect otherwise!!! Cc: @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected]
It's Friday night, the wife is out and the kid is asleep. I can (literally) let my hair down and rock out, except I have stomach cramps so sipping a peppermint tea. How very metal \,,/
Kevin Karhan 
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