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The WIRED Guide to Protecting Yourself From Government Surveillance (www.wired.com)

submitted 1 month ago by compostgoblin@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

OK, let's check then.

You can usually sign up anonymously without giving an email address or phone number, although we may require human verification in some cases.

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I've signed up on Tor and the clearnet, and both times without providing an email address or phone number. Meaning if you keep running into that problem, it's a sign that something you're doing or have done is causing them to think you aren't somebody that should be signing up without verification. Either way, the fact remains that most people aren't having this issue.

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Given the context, I would be most concerned that they’re not asking for verification when they have some way you’re already being tracked.