You might as well just get a phone number from smspool.net for 50cent and use that. Just make sure to set a password on your Telegram account in case someone else tries to use that number.
JohnLocke said:
How secure would that be long term ?
Wouldn't work. Telegram requires smartphone device to register and if they decide to request you login through one (security, different IP, etc) on an already registered account, again you would need smartphone.
Thank you very much! It's a beautiful way to explain things and a great method of communication without anyone being able to listen in. I will immediately put this into practice for my future communication with messengers.
Following the information from the thread how likely is it that the information written here is still valid in say 6 or 12 months?
The method uses officially incentivized way - acquiring TON driving price up & ultimately having utility. I very much doubt they will change that any time soon.
You could also just walk into a store and grab a prepaid SIM, in a lotta countries you can still get ’em with zero KYC. They’re like three to five euros a pop, and a cheap burner phone’ll maybe run you twenty.
Other than that, you’ve got the options I just listed below.
Just use the websites that will get you a phone number for crypto like onlinesim. Register a tg account, don’t forget to enable 2 step verification, and you are good.
Feature 2: Anonymous numbers on Telegram
A field report on reaching Telegram only support without a personal SIM. What it solves, what it does not, and safer alternatives.
How the official no SIM path actually works
Real risks: device prompts, recovery, resold numbers
Practical rules for secure contact and handoffs
In short: Telegram’s anonymous signup via Fragment and TON wallets was rolled out and documented back in December 2022. There are step-by-step guides from that time (Durov’s Code, CoinPaper, CoinTelegraph, etc.) explaining the exact process he pretends to have “researched” later.
Yet another clear example of the worthless fluff OCT hides behind its paywall, and of the amateur level of its so called “experts”.
Wtf even is the point of all this hassle if there are plenty of providers who just provide esims or sms verification services via crypto?
The only point of dressing it up as a 7-step odyssey is to churn out content for OCT, sprinkle it with jargon, and bait clueless readers into thinking they’re dealing with some elite infosec wizard.