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Stop Treating Phone Numbers As A Digital ID (notthesolution.substack.com)
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[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Don't u need an existing email to bootstrap that process.

[–] Matombo@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago

nope, you can skip for the first account and then validate after the fact

[–] renzev@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I think you used to be able to "bootstrap" a proton account with a mail.ru account (which needs no prior email or phone), but I don't think that works any more

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

How do you get DSL/coax internet when you can't visit web pages?

Spoiler: With the good old telephone.