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Re:Mimicking a device is becoming almost impossible by kuroguro on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:17AM (#27659947)
> functional burner numbers are really hard to get

For SMS verification at least there are quite a few sites dedicated to verify you for a few cents.

AFAIK they buy real prepaid sim cards and allow reuse by different customers on different sites.

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Re:Mimicking a device is becoming almost impossible by jannes on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:26AM (#27660013)
But then anyone can reset your account’s password by using the same service?
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Re:Mimicking a device is becoming almost impossible by kuroguro on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:30AM (#27660046)
Technically yes, practically there should be no way to know which account has which phone number.

The bigger problem is if the site requires you to re-verify your phone for whatever reason (for ex. paypal does when you access it from a strange IP or sth) and the number you used may not be available anymore.

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