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minus-squarey0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoI’ve been considering getting a pager or a burner phone just for this
minus-squareKillerWhale@orcas.enjoying.yachtslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agoMost phones are dual Sim these days
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoBetter to not associate this number to your main phone anyway. Less likelyhood to have the info stolen from you.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoJust get a virtual DID number from something like Voip.ms or virtualphone. There may be other providers out there that use crypto for payment for added privacy, but if all you want to do is be able to keep your real phone # off the grid, these work.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 months agousually they check for VOIP numbers and give you an error. Has to be legit.
minus-squaregamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoNever had that problem with the Google voice service Yeah yeah it’s google, but it gives numbers that work
minus-squareu_u@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoLast time I checked, Google Voice is only available for US residents. Not sure if there’s alternative.
minus-squareBoozilla@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoGoogle voice is hit or miss. It’s worked for a lot of smaller sites for me, but the bigger / more corporate it is, the less likely it seems to work.
minus-squareviking@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoCan pagers receive text messages? I thought they are closed ecosystems, basically?
I’ve been considering getting a pager or a burner phone just for this
Most phones are dual Sim these days
Better to not associate this number to your main phone anyway. Less likelyhood to have the info stolen from you.
Just get a virtual DID number from something like Voip.ms or virtualphone. There may be other providers out there that use crypto for payment for added privacy, but if all you want to do is be able to keep your real phone # off the grid, these work.
usually they check for VOIP numbers and give you an error. Has to be legit.
Never had that problem with the Google voice service
Yeah yeah it’s google, but it gives numbers that work
Last time I checked, Google Voice is only available for US residents. Not sure if there’s alternative.
Google voice is hit or miss. It’s worked for a lot of smaller sites for me, but the bigger / more corporate it is, the less likely it seems to work.
Can pagers receive text messages? I thought they are closed ecosystems, basically?