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[–]Richard_Parker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Does not Telegram require my cell number? Is there a way to get around that?

[–]Girondin 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

ideally for opsec and security:

  1. Buy a burner phone in a store with cash.
  2. Wait a month or more, gives time for instore security camera storage to loop around.
  3. Travel to another town far away.
  4. Activate phone/sim.
  5. Use this number for telegram.
  6. Turn off phone, and never turn it on again - especially around your home town.

practically just buy a burner phone and use it

giving away your (real) phone number is basically the same as than giving away your Social Security number/Passport ID/National ID. It's pretty ridiculous that the most secure chat app (signal) requires this as well. Remember also to hide your phone number on telegram (i think it does hide it by default? but you should always check) and don't ever send any sensitive information, it is not secure.

telegram is way better then twitter (which also requires phone verification).

[–]Richard_Parker 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I take it a Google voice number does not work?

[–]Girondin 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's been years since I made a telegram but I remember it did work back then. Burner is easier in the long term and for using multiple apps (I think google voice only allows 1 phone number per person?)