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Signal Will Let You Sign Up Without a Phone Number — For $3 (itsfoss.com)

submitted 3 days ago by Crumpled6273@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] mysteryhumpf@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You can already today share a username instead of a phone number, this is just extra for signup.

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[–] Human_Slop@feddit.nu 4 points 2 days ago (1 child)

Still need a phone number to sign up though, or pay.

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[–] Scaramanga@thelemmy.club 0 points 1 day ago

Just use a secondary number not connected to you. It's not that difficult.

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