Oh yeah, Signal is the best app but it's a pain without a number. Some people use Tor with a random Onion Service as their "number" — super secure but nobody uses it. Bitcoin's privacy is kinda like that actually.

Exactly

A verdadeira liberdade exige anonimato, como dizia Epiteto, "não se perturbe com o que não depende de você".

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I think they’re going to implement user names and not require a phone number

Yeah, there is this username function that allow to use it without sharing is phone number, so you could get a separate SIM number for registering Signal and other apps that is not the same as for communicating. But this username is not like a long term identity, it can be changed anf lost forever a...