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

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[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 91 points 1 month ago (35 children)

You mean they want to identify you from your credit card instead of your phone number? Bah.

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[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 month ago (17 children)

Could possibly use a gift card?

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[–] faded_emulsion@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

You can, I was able to sign up on a tablet running Lineage OS with GApps that had credit loaded from a Play Gift Card

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