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How I Got a Truly Anonymous Signal Account (theintercept.com)

submitted 4 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Yes, you can use Signal without sharing your personal phone number. Here’s how I did it.

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[–] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

It's fine for a temporary signal account, but if you let the number expire, then someone else gets assigned that number, and that new person wants to use Signal, they'll get your account.

They can't see your old messages, but they'll get any new ones instead of you.