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woofcat on Nov 8, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Starting an Anonymous Blog in 2019?

You can't signup to ProtonMail from a VPN or Tor Exit node without SMS validation.

snow_mac on Nov 8, 2019 | [–]

Go to a starbucks then; no tor needed

woofcat on Nov 8, 2019 | | [–]

Sure, but now they have a location of where you are... which depending on the contents of the blog might be all they need. Unless you're advocating that they take a cross country trip to sign up for an email.

codyb on Nov 8, 2019 | [–]

Could you buy a burner with cash?

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