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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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[–] reboot6675@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Damn, is it really like that now? I created my accounts for IG, Google, Discord, years ago and without a number. I refuse to provide it when they ask now and never had an issue.

[–] the_trash_man@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lately IG won't even let me log in wihout confirming my phone number so I've just stopped using it.

[–] nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Same here, even worst if they detect you are using a VPN, they tag the account directly. This is the main issue in all services nowadays

[–] Rose@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Discord can outright block you from using it if it decides to ask to connect a phone number post-registration.

[–] icedterminal@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No they don't. Lol. I've been using my discord for years without a number.

[–] Rose@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I didn't say they always do it. I said they can, and they do sometimes. Happened to a close friend of mine after she logged in via Ripcord, though it may be unrelated.

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Has more to do with using a third-party client then, which they don't like

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

We can only speculate. Many have used those without issues for years.

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And many didn't, including myself. Never did anything that violates their terms before, but one day after I started trying out alternative clients, access to my account got terminated.

That was two years ago though, I've heard they're a bit less strict now.

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

Third party client. That's why. It's to combat spam and bots.

[–] nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago

Yep it is very aggressive nowadays, simple services asking for sensitive information.