Telegram App Phone number

[Heady Muscle]

By now you all know I am a caveman when it comes to all this social media bullshit and I am paranoid about security. I downloaded the Telegram App and it wants a phone number. Sure as shit I do not want to give them my regular number. I did download TextNow but I have to pay to see the verification code.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thank you in advance.

 

[jhotsauce7]

I believe it’s just used to verify you’re a real person not a bot and text you an activation code to use the app.
Signal which is supposed to be highly secure and encrypted does the same exact thing. If you’re super worried I would suggest getting a burner phone perhaps. Text now and Pinger both cost money to get and keep the number if I recall. I’ve only used pinger before which works ok, but it’s still tied to your phone

 

[J2048b]

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By now you all know I am a caveman when it comes to all this social media bullshit and I am paranoid about security. I downloaded the Telegram App and it wants a phone number. Sure as shit I do not want to give them my regular number. I did download TextNow but I have to pay to see the verification code.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thank you in advance.

Google voice is what i use… get my number and remove my original number tied to it… i can still get texts for confirmation to google voice so it works for tg

 

[ccpro]

By now you all know I am a caveman when it comes to all this social media bullshit and I am paranoid about security. I downloaded the Telegram App and it wants a phone number. Sure as shit I do not want to give them my regular number. I did download TextNow but I have to pay to see the verification code.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thank you in advance.

I use telegram for anonymity, you can block your phone #from being seen if your texting someone. It's a good way share those pics you don't want others to keep...self deleting feature. I haven't experienced any unsolicited texts or calls. I'd recommend it as I too am a little tech challenged and kinda paranoid in general.

 

[fasttwitch]

By now you all know I am a caveman when it comes to all this social media bullshit and I am paranoid about security. I downloaded the Telegram App and it wants a phone number. Sure as shit I do not want to give them my regular number. I did download TextNow but I have to pay to see the verification code.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thank you in advance.

Pretty much what the other guys have said. When you manually add contacts there will be a check box asking whether or not to share your number. Just select no. I've never had issues.

 

[Heady Muscle]

I appreciate the help and information. I will reattempt to get it going this weekend.

I probably will ask more questions. Stay tuned, lol.

 

[Bigtex]

By now you all know I am a caveman when it comes to all this social media bullshit and I am paranoid about security. I downloaded the Telegram App and it wants a phone number. Sure as shit I do not want to give them my regular number. I did download TextNow but I have to pay to see the verification code.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thank you in advance.

At one time, I set up a completely fake account in Twitter and Facebook using a free anonymous virtual phone number. I know these services are still available. So once the test code is sent to verify your account, you can just send the code back. I closed my Twitter account but my fake Facebook account is still up and running.

 

[Big_paul]

By now you all know I am a caveman when it comes to all this social media bullshit and I am paranoid about security. I downloaded the Telegram App and it wants a phone number. Sure as shit I do not want to give them my regular number. I did download TextNow but I have to pay to see the verification code.

Any suggestions are welcome.

Thank you in advance.

Me too I don't trust anything online. I give no personal info ever.