Oh, and it says that you can use your landline for the phone number:
https://mobiletrans.wondershare.com/whatsapp/how-to-use-whatsapp-without-phone-number.html
I recommend that we do that. I was going to do that with Signal, anyway.
Certainly, not ideal, but not horrible.
> From: Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 11:01:51 -0800
>
> They're right: according to
> https://www.androidcentral.com/do-you-need-facebook-account-use-whatsapp ,
> you do not need a Facebook account to use WhatsApp. I recommend only
> installing it on Gail's phone and using a sneakemail address for
> registration, if you do want to use it.