How I Got a Truly Anonymous Signal Account

longshots

Yes, you can use Signal without sharing your personal phone number. Here’s how I did it.
[https://theintercept.com/2024/07/16/signal-app-privacy-phone-number/]

zzz

Article is walled off with an email signup, requires accepting a long and overly complex (aka, bad) Privacy Policy and Terms of Use

Perhaps this isn't clickbait... but I am having trouble distinguishing.

You could try quoting the article in a post instead.

43t34fg4

zzz Yeah, @longshots is wild for doing this.

Here ya go, I screenshotted it all for you - without signing up for anything.

https://i.imgur.com/TnGQwym.png

But basically, they say:

A Step-by-Step Guide

-Obtain a phone. It doesn’t need to have an active phone number associated with it, and can be either an old phone you have around or a dedicated burner phone.
-Locate a pay phone.
-Find the pay phone’s phone number (call 1-800-444-4444 if it’s not written on the phone).
-Make sure the pay phone can receive incoming calls.
-Enter the pay phone number into Signal, and use the ‘Call me’ option to receive a verification call (this option shows up only after the SMS timer runs out).
-Input the confirmation code, set up a PIN and enable Registration Lock in the Signal app.

longshots

zzz Well, what can I say? I didn't know there was a wall. I've been a subscriber for a very long time so obviously I don't get a wall!
Thanks @43t34fg4 for helping.

zzz

longshots
Sorry I was rude, I can do better next time.

I appreciated the content, I didn't know voice verification was a thing in Signal.

43t34fg4

Here ya go, I screenshotted it all for you - without signing up for anything.

Thanks for the quotes

I used to use all kinds of browser extensions and services to bypass article paywalls, rotating different ones as different publishers kept catching on and mitigating.
But eventually I gave them up because I got worried about fingerprinting via too many browser extensions.

Just curious - do you have a special method you like to use for getting past signup walls? I didn't see an obvious gesture or button using vanilla vanadium.