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Tired of lately getting blocked to create accounts without a phone number

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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.

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electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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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.

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Gooey0210@sh.itjust.works
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Had the same thing, really crazy

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dmonzel@lemm.ee
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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.

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