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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months 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] 3 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

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