On: How Discord Won

[Gaelan]

> currently possible to use it without giving them a phone number

I haven't created a discord account in a long time, so I'm not sure what the flow is, but my recollection is that phone numbers are required iff the specific server (community) turns that on as a security feature

[minimalist → Gaelan]

Try it out, I don't think there's any way now. And it's really easy to get completely locked out of your account if you connect from a low-reputation/datacenter IP, like through VPNs or Tor.

[est31 → Gaelan]

IIRC discord also requires phone numbers when you connect through services like VPNs or TOR or something. Basically makes pseudonymity really hard.

Also regularly I can't log into discord without first filing out a captcha and receiving an E-Mail from them even though my password is valid.