Will the requirement to provide a mobile phone number when using the Signal messenger be eliminated?
Signal CTO Ehren Kret discusses the platform's future, including potential alternatives to phone number registration and mass-market features. The session also addresses privacy concerns regarding age verification laws, technical challenges of decentralized identifiers, and methods for improving messaging security and interoperability in an evolving landscape.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9equPLhKxY
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2026-08-03 01:00:01 UTC
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