Signal registration without a phone number now available in Android beta
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Signal Login is an optional registration method that allows users to create a Signal account without providing a phone number.

Signal has started rolling out Signal Login, an optional registration method that allows users to create a Signal account without providing a phone number. The feature will be rolled out first on Android and will come to iOS later.

As we previously reported, Signal Login is not a free alternative registration method. Signal requires users who choose to register without a phone number to make a one-time payment. The price at launch is $2.99 / € 3.49, although this may vary by region and currency.

    • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
      5·
      16 hours ago

      Just a heads up that the SimpleX founder, Evgeny Poberezkin, unfortunately has ties to right-wing groups.

      Evgeny is a supporter of the far-right populist Reform UK party, and the Donald Trump administration. In 2024, he donated to the Reform UK party on behalf of SimpleX chat and boosted Tommy Robinson, a far-right, anti-Islam activist and convicted violent criminal, and his support of violent far-right riots in the UK.[

      On X, Evgeny frequently boosts far-right politicians, COVID-19 conspiracy theories, climate change denial, and transphobic and otherwise bigoted rhetoric.

      SimpleX has received a $1M donation from Jack Dorsey[source] in the wake of changes to Telegram that promised to crack down on far-right extremism on the app.

      Also @sonalder@lemmy.ml

    • Sonalder@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 day ago

      But is it more sustainable?

      I love SimpleX I was really early on to test it and it improved over the years but running a messenger is heavy even if decentralized, especially when you have to do all the R&D because you work like nothing else.

      • moopet@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        1 day ago

        I used it for a while and even got some friends to use it but since they all used whatsapp already they drifted back to that.