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.

  • @[email protected]
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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

    • @[email protected]
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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.

      • @MigratingtoLemmy
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        31 year ago

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

          • @MigratingtoLemmy
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            51 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)

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          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
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            11 year ago

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