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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 a
by illiac786 3y 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.
- jesterson 3y agowouldn't the next bloke using the booth for same cause get the whole account?
- illiac786 3y agoNot 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 ;)
- jesterson 3y agoWell, phone booths ain’t getting more ubiquitous for whatever reason either :)
- illiac786 3y agoI feel it’s really 5 HN hard core privacy persons who want it. I have 5 booth in walking distance from my home, they can have them =) Even the one who want it seem not to know about “registration block” and “PIN” concepts in Signal, so I seriously question if they really want it…
- boobsbr 3y agoI haven't seen a phone booth in Europe for the last 7 years.
- illiac786 3y agoJust use the wonderful openstreetmap to find the nearest one, it will be closer than you think.
- boobsbr 3y agoIs there a way to search for it, or do I have to scroll endlessly until i find one?
- illiac786 3y agoAs an example, this reddit comment points to a procedure: https://www.reddit.com/r/openstreetmap/comments/96sbd6/comment/e42us2r/ https://www.reddit.com/r/openstreetmap/comments/96sbd6/comme... I tested it and it works for me.
- boobsbr 3y agoUsing: (area["ISO3166-1:alpha2"="my_country_code_here"];) -> .a; node["amenity"="telephone"]. (area.a); (._;>;); out body; I get 2 hits, one of which says all phones were removed in 2015. Guess I'll continue not using Signal or Telegram.
- illiac786 3y agoJust move the map to your location and type "amenity=phone" in the wizard. Does that work? Are you willing to share the country you are in?
- boobsbr 3y agoBelgium. "amenity=phone" returns 15 matches worldwide. "amenity:phone", "amenity:telephone" or "amenity=telephone" (no other filters) returns the same 2 matches. EDIT: Belgacom started removing them in 2013 in Brussels, and the rest of country followed suit. The Belgian regulator found it unnecessary to require them with the ubiquity of mobile phones. https://www.bruxelles.be/sites/default/files/bxl/Com_.%20presse%20Els%20Ampe%20-%20Les%20cabines%20t%C3%A9l%C3%A9phoniques%20inutilis%C3%A9es%20et%20vieillies.pdf https://www.bruxelles.be/sites/default/files/bxl/Com_.%20pre...
- zuhsetaqi 3y ago> … 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?
- illiac786 3y agoWell 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.
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