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.

  • dmonzel@lemm.ee
    502·
    1 year ago

    Have you tried Firefox Relay? They have a paid tier that gives you a phone number and unlimited email masks. Yes, you have to provide a number, and yes you have to pay, but you wouldn’t be giving Meta or Discord your contact info.

  • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
    30·
    1 year ago

    I tried making an IG account a couple years ago, and they wanted me to send them a selfie with me holding up my ID. FOH with that shit lol.

  • mommykink@lemmy.world
    131·
    1 year ago

    My experience with the app Burner was pretty good because the app can accept texts from new numbers, unlike a lot of free online phone apps. It’s not free, however.

      • Zak@lemmy.world
        7·
        1 year ago

        Some services recognize VOIP numbers and intentionally reject them because they see mobile numbers as a more limited resource for abuse prevention purposes, or more valuable personal data for tying to an identity and selling what they know about you to advertisers.

  • trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml
    3·
    1 year ago

    I find that interesting, as there should be ways to only use email.

    I’d say your IP or DNS is freaking them out. Sometimes when you have really good opsec on a browser, they can tell and will ask for weird shit like that.

    I’d use a different browser, like maybe download Brave or Chromium or Librewolf (leave it out of the box) specifically for this stuff, assuming you use FireFox.

    You can also download 3rd party clients for Facebook on Android, Insta is kinda a lost cause tho.

    Edit: It’s not on F-Droid, you gotta hop on Github, but there is a client for Discord known as Aliucord on Android.

  • icedterminal@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Google Voice or Firefox Relay if sign up is insisting.

    Also, after you create a Discord account, you can remove the number visiting account details.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.world
    111·
    1 year ago

    Most countries will have what are known as TV numbers, you see them on US shows as 555 numbers. Unless you need a valid number for MFA you can enter tv numbers in those fields and the form doesn’t throw a hissy fit about it.