<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Curiio wrote</title><author_name>Curiio (npub1dt…2x90t)</author_name><author_url>https://nostr.now/npub1dtzccz2f9kf9dsazystgat6hj6h2cceueq6464awjfl7e0dpdynq22x90t</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://nostr.now</provider_url><html>Well Signal don&#39;t store your number in plain text. It&#39;s hashed. Only people who already know your number can message you and you can turn this off entirely and configure it however you want. &#xA;&#xA;In regards to getting free SMS numbers, just search &#34;free sms verification number&#34; via your favourite search engine. You&#39;ll find a plethora of numbers. I understand a lot of them may have already registered with Signal but if you hunt around you&#39;ll find something. Remember these are public phone numbers though so everybody can see the text messages going to them - this is what make it anonymous. To prevent anybody re-registering with your phone number and sending messages as you you&#39;ll want to enable registration lock in Signal&#39;s settings. After this you can just communicate via your username.&#xA;&#xA;Hope this helps, enjoy using Signal. I suggest Molly as the client as it encrypts your messages on device too, implements RAM shredding and lots of other cool stuff :D</html></oembed>