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Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by JediPig on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:13AM (#36908008)
some of us are trying to get rid of the smart phone ;). I want a flip phone but 2FA is a problem with flip phones. I recently started to use 1password paid just 2FA.

on a serious note, this is unfortunately what scammers like to use, it would be prudent to lock it down before scammers put you in the middle of a legal cases. I have a long story, I tell people about scammmers, but in the case, please be careful. Grandma is getting conned by these telephone virtual numbers.

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Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by CryptoBanker on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:27AM (#36908297)
Agreed. This type of service is ripe for committing fraud. I'd be very very careful about the customers you serve
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Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by t1tech on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:36AM (#36908450)
Do you happen to know more about how the companies that only offer the phone numbers prevent fraud?
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Re:Cophone – Your Virtual Smartphone by stqism on Saturday July 29, 2023 @08:00PM (#36926175)
They don’t do so super well, in general. There’s a reason that risk scoring solutions for phone numbers often see numbers flagged as VOIP as red flags.
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