That would be a no-go for me too... if I had a phone number. These days, it's actually surprisingly hard to get a free email account without having to provide a phone number.
how do you live life without a phone number?
I'd guess "blissfully"
I did it for a year in Japan, not easy but doable. I also hate giving out my phone number. It's just another way for companies to track users.
I've never had a phone. I suppose it's harder if I ever had one but since I never had to give up the conveniences, I don't really have a problem with it.
I'm old.
I just made an anonymous phone number at textnow.
How did you sign up to textnow without an email address?
with email address, of course
You can use a VOIP number or a Google Voice number or Call/SMS forwarding services, you don't have to use your actual number.
Those 70m are mostly Whatsapp users, so...)
They went back as well.Nothing really matters to them.
I mean, they don't mind giving out their phone numbers, and contact lists as well.
No
It's a UAE company with a custom encryption protocol, e2ee off by default, and no e2ee for group chat. You're damn right it's a honeypot.