Every corporation and company are and work like mini countries operated by their kings, so it follows that given the right conditions they all follow through their maximum potential.
It needs to get even nastier so that it affects all the big players in a huge way so they get to do something about it. While it only affects the indie web we are all just gonna keep suffering.
It's not suspicious. It's been talked about for years. People know exactly what the phone number is used for. Easy discoverability, quick and seamless onboarding of new users by providing a way to bootstrap their social graph, and it being very similar to the process of the other biggest player that people just understand. And spam prevention. The phones are not leaked or used for anything else. The other alternatives exist and you are welcome to onboard the people you want onto them if you think it's simpler.
The code is open, if you don't trust other people and can't read the code to understand then hire someone you trust to validate the claims and assure you. But spreading FUD and saying it's suspicious is not productive to anyone.
You should go properly read the requests from law enforcement they have received and exactly what information it contains. It's public. Then evaluate if it matters for yur threat model. Security doesn't exist in a vaccum.
There's a lot of people who don't know. It's an old movie. Just like there are currently lots of people who don't know harry potter.
I don't think I've ever seen the original blade runner. Only saw the new one at the cinema. And barely even remember anything. I only remember the hype and all the talk about it.
I would never associate "replicant" to the movie, I would associate it to other space scifi shows.
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