How do I create a Gmail, Telegram or Signal account without my real phone number?

The standard route in 2026 is SMSActivator. You pay (crypto-only, no account-level identity), pick a country, rent a number for one-shot SMS reception or long-term rental, and use it to receive the validation SMS at signup for Gmail, Telegram, Signal, marketplaces, exchanges or any other phone-gated service. For long-rented numbers, you keep the same number for any re-verification the service triggers later. SMSActivator also sells ready-made Telegram and Signal accounts as a side product if you want to skip the signup step entirely. The caveats apply across the no-KYC SMS space: numbers are shared / VOIP-style, so banks and other high-trust services often reject the carrier; pair the SMS validation with Tor or a no-KYC VPN exit so the new account doesn't bind to your home IP. Silent.link's eSIM can serve some of the same use cases when the service accepts its incoming SMS number, but it is data-first and number-pool is narrower.