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How I Got a Truly Anonymous Signal Account (theintercept.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Yes, you can use Signal without sharing your personal phone number. Here’s how I did it.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And sometimes they don’t work at all (that was my experience when I tried using a Google Voice number to sign up for Signal).

I've been using a GV number with no problem all this time. 🤷🏻‍♂🤨

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So what you're saying is that you don't have an anonymous signal account..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sure. The point still stands that Signal does take GV numbers, so the article writer is wrong.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Same