I saw some threads here about Telegram and piracy stuff being banned. So, as an experimental alternative, I created a public Signal group for piracy.

Maybe it’ll be useful?

Before joining

Signal supports usernames and hiding telephone numbers. Here’s a blog entry on how to do so. You might want to:

  • set a username
  • change your profile name (these are two separate things!)
  • hide your phone number
  • ladfrombrad 🇬🇧
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    2 months ago

    No you don’t.

    I can go to the corner shop/local garage right now, buy a SIM card for 99p and then buy a top-up voucher in cash to have a completely anonymous phone number.

    Albeit is the UK in Europe again? 🙈

    edit: where I would be worried if my privacy was on the line is I could also go to the local pawn shop / Cash Converters to ensure that SIM card isn’t associated with an IMEI I’ve previously used and buy in cash a cheapo phone.

    • blicanteOP
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      42 months ago

      Same in a few other European countries. I’m doing it right now with a few SIMs. You can also go on holiday to another country, get a few temporary SIMs there for a few quid and fly back home with the “contraband”. Really not hard.

      • ladfrombrad 🇬🇧
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        32 months ago

        Aye, I’ve seen this misconception before and suspect it’s specific countries in the European continent where you have to register.

    • socsa
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      32 months ago

      The last time I bought a SIM in the UK I was told specifically I could not buy it with cash.