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Google illegally cut down 250K trees in Finland for data center

Article URL: https://nypost.com/2026/10/24/business/google-illegally-tore-down-250k-trees-for-finland-data-center-infuriating-locals-report/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50221676 Points: 232 # Comments: 169

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How Signal Made the Phone Number Optional, and What the Zero-Knowledge Proof Actually Protects

Signal has long had a privacy contradiction at its core: the most secure mainstream messenger still required a phone number to sign up. That number became a de facto identity anchor, linkable to you even if you never shared it with contacts.

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