What is Changing in Signal?

Signal started rolling out PIN numbers and cloud services that have split the community. Here, I summarize the changes and talk about the pros and cons of this direction.
This is a condensed explanation of the long-form discussion with Sean O'Brien of Privacy safe, which you can view here:
https://youtu.be/PFi-VI7_T3o
#Signal #SMS #Cloud

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