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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by Razengan on Monday May 13, 2024 @08:01AM (#40342317)
Can you sign up for Telegram without a phone number?
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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by kojoru on Monday May 13, 2024 @08:13AM (#40342418)
Yes: https://telegram.org/blog/ultimate-privacy-topics-2-0
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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by luuurker on Monday May 13, 2024 @08:25AM (#40342514)
Without "SIM card" and "without a number" are different things. Apparently you still need a number, a "blockchain-powered" number:

"[...] You can have a Telegram account without a SIM card and log in using blockchain-powered anonymous numbers available on the Fragment platform."

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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by OSI-Auflauf on Monday May 13, 2024 @08:44AM (#40342694)
Irs super complicated to use. And you need an existing Telegram account to actually handle that cryptocurrency to buy these pseudo-numbers outside of the telephone namespace. Guess what you need to register those. An actual working phone number.
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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by NicuCalcea on Monday May 13, 2024 @08:45AM (#40342702)
That's just buying a fake phone number, I don't see what would prevent you from using it with Signal the same way.
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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by nottorp on Monday May 13, 2024 @08:34AM (#40342597)
Not everyone is commenting on signal vs telegram here, it may just be an opinion that the phone number requirement is dubious from both entitites.
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