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Tired of lately getting blocked to create accounts without a phone number (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 year ago by nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can go to Target right now and pay in cash for a mint SIM. Where are you?

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Target is USA though. A ton of countries have such policy.

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

In countries other than in the US, this is a major problem (I am aware of this, having spent some time in Asia)

[–] heckypecky@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Germany and Spain and I suspect in the whole eu you have to show your id when you buy a sim and they register it to you.

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Indeed. It is only really in the US where this is possible.