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by alexpc201 768 days ago
Tell me, can you have a Signal account WITHOUT giving them your phone number?
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Razengan 768 days ago
Can you sign up for Telegram without a phone number?
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kojoru 768 days ago
Yes: https://telegram.org/blog/ultimate-privacy-topics-2-0
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luuurker 767 days ago
Without "SIM card" and "without a number" are different things. Apparently you still need a number, a "blockchain-powered" number:

"[...] You can have a Telegram account without a SIM card and log in using blockchain-powered anonymous numbers available on the Fragment platform."

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OSI-Auflauf 767 days ago
Irs super complicated to use. And you need an existing Telegram account to actually handle that cryptocurrency to buy these pseudo-numbers outside of the telephone namespace. Guess what you need to register those. An actual working phone number.
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NicuCalcea 767 days ago
That's just buying a fake phone number, I don't see what would prevent you from using it with Signal the same way.
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nottorp 767 days ago
Not everyone is commenting on signal vs telegram here, it may just be an opinion that the phone number requirement is dubious from both entitites.
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