[nicolapcweek94]

Thanks! Will definitely read this.

I got fooled by Signal's requirement of a phone for the activation and thought it was also required for normal usage, I guess that's better than Whatsapp, though being able to register and use it without a phone at all would be even better (even Telegram doesn't do this though, IIRC it requires a phone number)

[nickik]

You can just use a one time VoiP phone number if you want to use Signal without your real phone number. That's not optimal, but its pretty neat.

[dchest]

Agreed on phone numbers. Speaking of Wire, it doesn't require them.