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		brewdad on Aug 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twilio incident: What Signal users need to know Whatsapp has finally gotten away from requiring your phone to be on. It works the same way as the Signal app now.

spurgu on Aug 15, 2022 [–]

Ah, didn't know that, but you're right (just tried it)! That's cool. I ran into this issue around a year ago when my phone broke.

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