Comment by illiac786
2 years ago
This is not correct. Go to a phone booth, get Signal, never need the phone number again. Any phone will do. Get a phone number from a different country online and without identity check, who cares, you will never need it again.
I haven't seen a phone booth in Europe for the last 7 years.
Just use the wonderful openstreetmap to find the nearest one, it will be closer than you think.
Is there a way to search for it, or do I have to scroll endlessly until i find one?
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> … never need the phone number again
What if I lose my phone and want to login again on a new one. Don't they send a verification code to the number again?
Well if you lost your only credential and it’s a secure solution, it’s gone. You must set it up from scratch again.
Since we’re discussing not providing your phone number out of privacy/security concerns, I assume that “registration lock” and PIN are on the table, which would anyway block you from registering again using the same number after loosing your phone.
Hence, the situation is the same as with your mobile phone number: no backup, no luck.
wouldn't the next bloke using the booth for same cause get the whole account?
Not if you set a PIN no. But I think the next bloke can't use the booth to create a signal account anymore. I don't think we'll run out of booth though considering how rare the use case is ;)
Well, phone booths ain’t getting more ubiquitous for whatever reason either :)
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