privacy-guides/how-to-create-a-signal-account-without-using-your-personal-phone-number/README.md

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# How to create a Signal account without using your personal phone number

[![How to create a Signal account without using your personal phone number - YouTube](how-to-create-a-signal-account-without-using-your-personal-phone-number.png)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9aMJZjZ4pw "How to create a Signal account without using your personal phone number - YouTube")

Don’t forger to replace `+12345678901` with your mobile phone number.

```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Response>
  <Message to="+12345678901">
    {{From}}: {{Body}}
  </Message>
</Response>
```