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Is it still not possible to make pseudo anonymous signal app groups? Like without every bloke having my phone number (lemmy.perthchat.org)

submitted 2 years ago by thursday_j@lemmy.perthchat.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.perthchat.org/post/270408

Some local drug dealers and addicts use signal and I def don't want them having my phone number.

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[–] Helix@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Get a burner phone number?

[–] nerrad@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I did that. I lost the burner number after it got rotated. Months later, I lost my Signal account when someone apparently used the number to setup an account on Signal.

[–] ninchuka@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

You can lock your signal account with a password/code so that can't happen