whatever #signal's reasons are for badgering users for a #PIN, it's clearly a design ...

2026-04-28 12:30:29 UTC

whatever #signal's reasons are for badgering users for a #PIN, it's clearly a design choice they made, because other secure messengers don't do this.

and clearly this design choice has some harmful consequences, which i don't think it's fair of them to just #victimblame away.

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brainwashed by lentils on Nostr: whatever #signal's reasons are for badgering users for a #PIN, it's clearly a design ...