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digiownyesterday at 6:38 PM2 repliesview on HN

You already basically can't use most mainstream platforms anonymously. Try registering a Facebook without a phone number (you need to give a passport to get one in most of Europe).


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haghtyesterday at 7:02 PM

in my country you don't have to give a phone number to register a social media website when i was a kid, i always laughed at my internet friends from a neighbouring country, because they had to give their id to get one, which is very intrusive from the government turns out i was the odd one, as most of the world required an id from you

direwolf20yesterday at 6:51 PM

Do children have no phone numbers or do they use their parent's?

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