Comment by ossguy
2 years ago
Why do you need a German phone number? Many countries let anyone have a phone number, with no proof of address or other identifying information. Just use one of those numbers instead. One example service is https://jmp.chat/ but there are many others.
It's a voip service isn't it? Those numbers will not work with many online services and even some more obscure normal providers.
Basically everything is VoIP these days (VoLTE, etc.). Online services sometimes have secret lists of phone numbers they don't like, but "voipness" isn't a silver bullet for determining whether or not a service will like your number or not. The JMP people wrote more about this at https://blog.jmp.chat/b/2022-sms-account-verification
Anyway, this thread is about Signal, and JMP numbers work with Signal, which is why I suggested it.