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		pmlnr on April 17, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: France’s government is building its own encrypted ... Signal doesn't work with desktop _only_ (without ever touching a smartphone). Matrix and XMPP does.

Vinnl on April 17, 2018 [–]

I've seen (at least in a dev build) support for activating an account on desktop, i.e. you enter a confirmation code sent via SMS to a phone number you chose. That phone number needn't necessarily only be accessible through a smartphone, I'd presume.

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