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.

  • dmonzel@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Have you tried Firefox Relay? They have a paid tier that gives you a phone number and unlimited email masks. Yes, you have to provide a number, and yes you have to pay, but you wouldn’t be giving Meta or Discord your contact info.

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        1 year ago

        There are several masking services available, at different price ranges and with different feature sets. Relay is a good one, there’s also MySudo (I remember it being advertised for a while back when it was iOS only), Ironvest etc.

        If you’re looking at services that only give you one temporary phone number, you might want to consider a budget phone provider too. FreedomPop is “free” if you buy their SIM card, ignore their upgrade offers, and adhere to their rules.

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      1 year ago

      Is it out for everyone? Last time I checked it said coming soon and I ended up getting anonaddy instead.