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Re:We Chat, They Watch by DaiPlusPlus on Friday May 08, 2020 @03:03AM (#23112136)
It’s a B2B service (“B2SB”?) - not targeting people/consumers - so it’s reasonable to assume they have a real phone number.
Re:We Chat, They Watch by JumpCrisscross on Friday May 08, 2020 @06:41AM (#23113290)
> it’s reasonable to assume they have a real phone number

Just an anecdote, but I rarely give out my non-Google Voice number on sign-up forms. I don’t want my mobile in a database to be spammed.

If a phone number is required on sign-up, and my Google Voice doesn’t work, I usually pass. Whether for personal or commercial use.

Re:We Chat, They Watch by AlchemistCamp on Friday May 08, 2020 @01:15PM (#23117071)
I run a business. Why is it reasonable to assume the use of legacy phone numbers?
Re:We Chat, They Watch by DaiPlusPlus on Saturday May 09, 2020 @10:28AM (#23124955)
We target a particular subset of retail-customer businesses which all generally have a phone-number.
Re:We Chat, They Watch by driverdan on Friday May 08, 2020 @10:52AM (#23115405)
It's not reasonable. Voice is the only phone number I use and I use B2B services. If you prevented me from signing up I'd go to a competitor.
Re:We Chat, They Watch by erik_seaberg on Friday May 08, 2020 @04:03AM (#23112488)
Which mobile carriers do you support, if not Google Fi (which is mine)? Or only landlines (which barely exist at my day job)?
Re:We Chat, They Watch by theelous3 on Friday May 08, 2020 @05:51AM (#23113028)
My last position was for a b2b voip telephony replacement type of deal. It would be trivial to load up on real geographic numbers from anywhere in the world and automate it all for bots.