Subj : Re: In the future..
To   : August Abolins
From : Wilfred van Velzen
Date : Mon Aug 10 2020 01:51 pm

Hi August,

On 2020-08-09 12:05:00, you wrote to Dan Richter:

 AA> [3] Each account is tied to the phone number for the user. That might
 AA> be fine for the user (analogous to a BBS user or a point), but inorder
 AA> to work, the BBS sysop would have to sacrifice their phone's Telegram
 AA> account to identify as the gateway-ID.

That's not strictly true! You only need a phonenumber for the account verification process. Once you have created the Telegram account you don't need it anymore:

https://social.techjunkie.com/use-telegram-without-phone-number/

Bye, Wilfred.

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