Yup, it's highly recommended to avoid SMS based 2FA at all costs for this reason.

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I never liked the SMS based 2FA because I always felt that "they / the government" can link my anonymous created accounts to my phone records and get my identity.

They absolutely could. Consider SMS/MMS/Phone as if it were the clearnet. Everything will be in plaintext/voice for alphabet agency.