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I thought they changed the phone number requirement? Or was that a fever dream I had?
No, it still requires a phone number, but you can hide your phone numbers from other users now.
Ah that’s what it is.
You can share a name or handle now but I think you still need the phone number otherwise though you no longer have to share it.
Yep, the number is still required as a bs "are you human" check, but signal doesn't stop you from using gvoice or other voip services like twilio.