If I sign up using phony info and use a new email which is only for fb, always use a vpn and a browser (chromium) that I only use for fb can I be anonymous? I ask because there a couple groups that I’d like to join that only use fb. Thanks.

  • nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    They will ask you for a phone number and VoIP numbers won’t work. Instagram even asks you se send them a picture of you while holding a code written on a paper in your hand. Pretty sure FB will confirm your identity before you can start using their services.

    Just stay away from Meta, if you can.

    • LinkOpensChest.wav@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Yep, I actually got locked out of an old account where I didn’t use my real name. I was also friends with a drag queen who used her professional name, the name everybody knew her by, for her account. She was forced to show her ID and then change it to her real name. I could never get used to that because no one ever called her by her real name.

      Personally, I’d never show them my ID, no matter what.