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Re:Facebook won’t let you opt out of its phone number ‘look ... by naveen99 on Monday March 04, 2019 @07:27AM (#19300702)
Second phone numbers aren’t that hard or expensive. you don’t need a second sim, just an app. There is a yc startup providing them: openphone
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Re:Facebook won’t let you opt out of its phone number ‘look ... by vowelless on Monday March 04, 2019 @07:36AM (#19300754)
They are rarely usable on web sites for 2fa as they disallow voip numbers. In fact, many websites don’t allow google voice numbers for the same reason.
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Re:Facebook won’t let you opt out of its phone number ‘look ... by naveen99 on Monday March 04, 2019 @09:00AM (#19301246)
Is it easy to distinguish voip numbers ?
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Re:Facebook won’t let you opt out of its phone number ‘look ... by leesalminen on Monday March 04, 2019 @10:13AM (#19301844)
Yes, using Twilio’s lookup service it’s trivial.
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