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

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

  • sqgl@beehaw.org
    4·
    5 months ago

    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)

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      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.

      • sqgl@beehaw.org
        4·
        5 months ago

        No mandatory 2FA as far as I know.

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