My Second Phone Is in the Cloud

Re:My Second Phone Is in the Cloud by _-___________-_ on Saturday February 01, 2020 @05:16PM (#22213620)

Your assertion that only mobile phones can receive SMS from shortcodes is not true in general, and additionally many verification SMS are not sent from shortcodes.

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Re:My Second Phone Is in the Cloud by rsync on Saturday February 01, 2020 @10:29PM (#22214957)

Only true mobile phone numbers can receive SMS from shortcodes.

Here is a list of carriers that are properly registered to receive SMS from shortcodes:

https://usshortcodedirectory.com/faq/what-wireless-carriers-...

"... short code carriers have arrangements to exchange messages with mobile phone numbers only ..."[1]

[1] https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223133447-Not-R...

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Re:My Second Phone Is in the Cloud by _-___________-_ on Sunday February 02, 2020 @10:50AM (#22217422)

I guess this is a US thing, then. It's definitely not true in general, as I said.

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