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How I got a truly anonymous Signal account (theintercept.com)

submitted 3 months ago by LesserAbe@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.world

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Doesn't seem especially practical, but I thought folks here might be interested in this method. With the increasing scarcity of pay phones I suspect it might be equally as "easy" to get a burner cell phone with cash and register a signal account that way.

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[–] ParticleAccelerator@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can you no longer just register signal with a pay as you go number?

I dont recall needing credit cards etc to register

[–] TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

The issue is good luck getting a pay as you go number without identity verification.

You have to pay by credit card and if you don't, you'll be forced to make an online account with verification.