@toiletpaper
>Tmk there's no way around that other than buying a burner phone+sim that you give away immediately afterwards.
There are companies that allow you to rent a number temporarily for SMS verification. Alternatively you could get a virtual number.
I haven't used any of those services as I registered for Signal before cancelling my phone plan and taking out my SIM so they can't location track me.

>Consequently your location data and by virtue of that your real world identity is intrinsically linked to your conversations and social network.
How so? Signal doesn't have access to your location; the phone company does (if you have a SIM). The phone company doesn't have access to your conversations; Signal does (and only the metadata).