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The EU still wants to scan all your chats – and the rules could come into force by October 2025
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this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2025
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~~I think they already dropped the phone number req, not sure though~~
No, still required. However, you can have a username of sorts to give to people and block finding you by phone number in the platform.
Ah, that's what I was thinking of then