• edric@lemm.ee
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    23 hours ago

    No, that is an important distinction. People have different threat models. For most people, privacy without anonymity may suffice (i.e. I don’t mind that you know it’s me, I just don’t want you to see what I’m sending). For others (i.e. journalists, whistleblowers, more privacy-centric individuals), anonymity may be equally important.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      9 hours ago

      Exactly. And requiring a phone number enables convenience features like:

      • account recovery
      • find contacts
      • be found by other people

      Once you have an account, you can disable the phone number and use Hawks usernames instead (can be changed at will) of disable discovery entirely.

      It’s a pretty reasonable limitation IMO.