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celebratedrecluse wrote

you can also do this internationally, sharing through encrypted message the verification codes needed.

be careful that this does not reveal meta datas about you or your cared ones

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vandemic OP wrote

Supposedly, Session doesn't reveal metadata, unlike Signal, but I forget if they've been fully audited or tested at this point.

https://getsession.org/

Can you elaborate further on what you mean by "verification codes" ?? You'll have to excuse me, I haven't used a regular phone with a SIM card in so long that maybe it's a stupid question but I don't know exactly what you're talking about or how it could work.

Are you saying that someone could buy a SIM card in, say, Russia or Mexico or Pakistan, and then Signal/Session me wtv code is attached to it (I assume it works like a giftcard?) ...and then I write that up on the cell providers website and link it to my device somehow ?? But how can I run a phone like this if I don't actually possess the SIM card?

In my version, your friend gets you the SIM while they're in the country, that way you have the card and they go away so it's whatever. However in yours, you seem to be saying we can do the same thing but from a distance, perhaps implying that I might not need to physically have the SIM, but rather only some string of numbers if it's texted to me?

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celebratedrecluse wrote

verification codes

SIM verification codes are codes which are sent to a phone number as a text message, usually six numbers. It is required for 2FA logins, and registering a signal private messenger number, etc.

meta datas

So i am referring to the purchase of the sim card, not the method of transmitting the info, although both are relevant. If your friend purchases a sim card, and then you use numbers associated with it, it will be connected to you. It is best to do this through someone you don't know as well, for this reason. it obscures the social networks you are part of.

process for setting up anonymous phone number

this will not provide cell phone phone service. if you are using a sim card, you need to just pay someone to buy one and either mail or give it to you, like you say.

the method i gave, on the other hand, is for setting up voip number, which many providers require an existing phone number to do. This VOIP can be used to register encrypted messaging applications like Signal Private Messenger, or other purposes you may need a cell phone number for, and it will work over the internet (you can use a mac address randomization application like macchanger to anonymize your MAC address and then just use it on public wifi, or use macchanger and a VPN to mask your ip).

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