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fauigerzigerk on Feb 11, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: How did Google Talk change from a dream to a night...

I was talking about Signal. Sorry I didn't make that clear. The phone number is your identity. Changing it means reregistering with a different number.

[Edit] And I think it's essentially the same with WhatsApp, only they now make it a less manual process.

jhasse on Feb 11, 2018 [–]

Ah, I should have mentioned that I was talking about Telegram in my original comment, too. Can't edit it anymore :/

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