How would you do that ...

[Ryan McGinnis]

Protonmail only requires a phone number to send a verification “are you a real human” SMS if the IP you are registering from is a source of previous abuse.

So, like, don’t use a VPN when you do it.  

Or if you’re worried about it, make the account back in your safe country before you travel to Deathistan by using a burner phone SIM or something.  These are pretty easily solvable problems that don’t lead to getting your genitals shocked.

-Ryan McGinnis
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> On May 7, 2021, at 5:58 PM, Stefan Vasilev <stefan.vasilev at posteo.ru> wrote:
> 
> 
> Ryan McGinnis wrote:
> 
>> Alice is an idiot if she’s trying to defeat nation-state adversaries
>> and be a thrifty shopper at the same time, but even so, in most places
>> a laptop isn’t going to be cheaper than a cheap mobile phone.
>> 
>> You really want Alice to use some public library computer for some
>> reason, but I am going to assume Alice isn’t a complete moron and
>> would avoid this, given there are a hundred better options that won’t
>> result in her genitals being shocked in some dingy government
>> interrogation room.
>> 
>> If you have to use a laptop then, cool, grab an ISO of Debian, install
>> it, find the nearest WiFi hotspot, make a free protonmail account,
>> send an email.  Done.
> 
> 
> Alice is no complete moron, because she can't register a free ProtonMail
> account
> 
> without a phone. Or did she missed there an anonymous registration procedure
> 
> which works? If yes, then she is of course a moron. :-D
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Stefan

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