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Running Signal Will Soon Cost $50 Million a Year (www.wired.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Right?

Given those costs, you'd think they'd offer other ways to verify, like any other messaging platform, email, carrier pigeon, etc. They're just sending a code - without knowing the rest of the user info, no one else can use it.