LibertyX has just added a LOT of new locations. There were zero locations near me, and now there are 6 in less than a month, I was really happy as I heard they are the answer to anonymity issues with bitcoin. I figured you would just create an account with an email, password, username, and then just buy and redeem your pins, but it seems they require a working phone number for SMS verification, and it reads on the site that they may require a drivers license.
Now I realize you could use a fake name, buy a disposable phone, and if need be, jack someones DL (well it would have to match the name of the poor unsuspecting person whose name you used) and upload it, and it's still way more anonymous then linking a bank account to a site, as there is really no faking that, but i don't know. I guess I thought the site was going to require a lot less hassle to stay anonymous considering all the great reviews. I did not think I was going to have to consider buying fake phones, making up fake names and possibly upping bogus DLs just to redeem a pin code. But obviously, never using the site, there is still a lot of ignorance on my part.
Can anyone that is a regular on the site comment on how they feel using the service, and to what lengths they had to go to in order to stay off the grid. For example, do you need to have a burner phone everytime you redeem a pin? Can you just talk a little bit about how easy or not it was for you to remain anonymous during sign up?
A burner phone is cheap as fuck, and there are apps/websites that create burner numbers.
Also btc isn't illegal (unless you live in NY I guess lol)