damn telegram is killing it lately. you can buy a random anon number to use telegram securely without a sim card. the number is tied to your TON crypto wallet.
https://fragment.com/number/random https://i.imgur.com/kex36ZG.png

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unfortunately it only works with telegram. i would love a service like this for all social media accounts! got friends who were simswapped and had their lives ruined by teenagers who wanted to flip short instagram + twitter handles for profit. sending out nudes to their families from cached snapchat photos... 😔

i believe this is how it works:

they are routing +888 toll numbers through their own infra to accept calls from the telegram 2FA service and then securely send you a login code after authenticating with your wallet. 

the numbers are NFTs on the TON blockchain.

it seems like they purchased the +888 area code from the  International Telecommunication Union. it was previously used for Telecommunications for Disaster Relief https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_for_Disaster_Relief

the country code was released in july 2022 so this is pretty recent. they must be their own carrier operating independently without any jurisdiction? 

what a rabbithole lol. i'm so intrigued in how all this works https://i.imgur.com/tNhSqRA.png

- no monthly payments to keep the number
- secured by your wallet
- anonymous
- prevents sim swapping
- adds a new account with extra 20 bot api tokens

that’s probably coming next. sign in with crypto wallet

This sounds great but were you able to use it? Telegram login screen doesn't appear to enable "Continue" button when entering a +888 number https://i.imgur.com/jbFfrtn.png

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Love to see it. That’s exactly what we’re doing at 3num.co except the numbers can work outside just telegram. 
-secured by wallet
-no SIM card
-pseudonymous 
-paid in crypto

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https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2020-146
https://techcrunch.com/2020/06/26/telegram-to-pay-sec-fine-of-18-5-million-and-return-1-2-billion-to-investors-as-it-dissolves-ton/
https://www.gtlaw.com/en/insights/2020/4/sec-v-telegram--a-groundbreaking-decision-in-cryptocurrency-enforcemen

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