As the tittle sais, i was trying to create an instagram account and it is not possible without a phone number. Same with discord. Obviously i dont want to provide mine. Any working solutions to bypass this? not looking for alternative private service, i already use them.

  • @ExtremeDullard
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    51 year ago

    How does that help? Anonymous SIMs haven’t been a thing for years.

    • @jet@hackertalks.com
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      51 year ago

      Anonymous Sims still exist in abundance. Cash for SIM cards is a big thing everywhere I’ve been.

      But the IMSI doesn’t change so it’s not really anonymous if your phone is tied to identity. Just depends on your threat model

      • @EngineerGaming@feddit.nl
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        71 year ago

        First - the thing that is persistent with a phone is IMEI, IMSI is the one in the simcard. Second - “cash for sims” is not legal in many places, like where I live. There are places that sell illegal anonymous ones (not like you can get in trouble for that tho), but idk how reliable these actually are, and I still haven’t learned to find these places consistently.

    • @neutron@thelemmy.club
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      11 year ago

      Not everyone is trying to run from total government surveillance. Sometimes, having an extra phone number, like having a pseudonym, is enough for them.