The KYC thread started by theymos this morning is a real hoot. But, I'm concerned about the security of those who are actually posting real selfies in that thread. Some of these photos can be reverse image searched on google and lead to real social media profiles. People are either posting their real selfies, or posting photos of other people which is even more concerning.
I haven't looked through that thread as it's too long, but if people are willingly posting their real data publicly then there's probably not that much you can do about that. Most people that do probably don't care, though. I know people should be careful with what they post online, but us bitcoiners seem to be extra careful, but for the vast majority of people they're seemingly happy to have public Instagrams and accept any facebook friends request they get and so forth.
I have always hated those signature campaigns that require your real phone number. There's a lot of sig campaigns lately that require that you join their Telegram community, which means you are going to need a real phone number for that.
You can just use a throwaway pay as you go sim. It's probably a good idea to have one because there are many other sites that require them that you may not want to give your personal number to. I know most email providers now require a phone number so you'll probably need one even if you want to create a throwaway address with them. I don't think telegram displays your hone number to others either. I also believe you can use telegram on your computer like skype and so on.
