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As the tittle sais, i was trying to create an instagram account and it is not possible without a phone number. Same with discord. Obviously i dont want to provide mine. Any working solutions to bypass this? not looking for alternative private service, i already use them.

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[–] reboot6675@sopuli.xyz 23 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Damn, is it really like that now? I created my accounts for IG, Google, Discord, years ago and without a number. I refuse to provide it when they ask now and never had an issue.

[–] the_trash_man@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lately IG won't even let me log in wihout confirming my phone number so I've just stopped using it.

[–] nyakojiru@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

Same here, even worst if they detect you are using a VPN, they tag the account directly. This is the main issue in all services nowadays

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