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		Markoff on May 18, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Germany's data chief tells ministries WhatsApp is ... these are not user profiles, this is cloud backup of your contacts and settings if it was trade off that together with PIN I can start using Signal without phone number on devices without SIM I would be much more understanding

urxvtcd on May 18, 2020 [–]

Which I assume is a first step towards user profiles. Their development team is small and every feature has to be implemented using state of the art crypto.

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