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As the tittle sais, i was trying to create an instagram account and it is not possible without a phone number. Same with discord. Obviously i dont want to provide mine. Any working solutions to bypass this? not looking for alternative private service, i already use them.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can create an instagram account with Tor for example, but it's extremely difficult. First try creating and Facebook account with their onion address. If not possible, try with the clearnet one. Then login to insta with that FB account. Your account might get restricted and you have to wait for a few months to lift it. You can also appeal to them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The acc is more likely to be flagged the more 'generic' your fingerprint is. Accounts made using Mullvad Browser (Torbrowser without Tor network) on VPN was insta-flagged and disabled. When I did it from the official 'lite' app using a burner android phone, it went fine for weeks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have one that was created with the way I posted. It's still running.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Really? Mine was banned within 15 min or so. I wasn't very lucky.