Yes, you can use Signal without sharing your personal phone number. Here’s how I did it.

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Isn’t spoofing a phone number easy for scammers? If so, I don’t understand why there is (admittedly) so little spam on Signal.

Does Signal require 2FA upon registration? (I cannot recall)

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Spoofing just changes the displayed called/sender ID, not the actual number. They would still need real numbers for each account. And they block a lot of VoIP numbers, like most services these days. And getting carrier SIMs or e-SIMs is a not that easy.

No mandatory 2FA as far as I know.

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No mandatory 2FA as far as I know.

Then how is the authenticity of a number tested by Signal?

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