Firefox Relay – secure random email and phone number masks

Re:Firefox Relay – secure random email and phone number masks by mosselman on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @08:38PM (#37331061)

I hate giving out my phone number. I hope this will work well and with less trouble than getting a second phone.

Are there any cheapsish services out there that already do this that work in the eu? Last time I checked I couldn’t find any

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Re:Firefox Relay – secure random email and phone number masks by alaxapta7 on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @09:00PM (#37331221)

That caught my attention too. Right now, the cheapest option out there still seems to be getting a dumbphone and a few pre-paid SIM cards. Sadly, pre-paid cards are no longer an option in many EU countries. Even just the least expensive SMS gateways are like 10 €/month last time I checked.

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Re:Firefox Relay – secure random email and phone number masks by TechBro8615 on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @11:14PM (#37332041)

The good news is that if you find a prepaid SIM in one EU country, you should be able to continue using it in every EU country as long as you top it up. I often wish I still had my Croatia SIM card that I bought at a Tisak kiosk for €10.

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Re:Firefox Relay – secure random email and phone number masks by neilfrndes on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @10:38PM (#37331827)

I'm a happy customer of voip.ms, it costs me less than $1 per month for a US number. Their service has been very stable. They support REST API access and webhooks.

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Re:Firefox Relay – secure random email and phone number masks by unsupp0rted on Thursday August 31, 2023 @01:18AM (#37332762)

Does this work for 2-factor phone number authentication? Most such systems get flagged as VoIP and blocked or fail silently.

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Re:Firefox Relay – secure random email and phone number masks by neilfrndes on Thursday August 31, 2023 @01:34AM (#37332862)

It works roughly 3/4th of the time for me. I've heard that you can increase your chances by buying a 'real' prepaid phone number on eBay for $10 or so, and then porting it over to a VoIP provider.

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Re:Firefox Relay – secure random email and phone number masks by tupolef on Thursday August 31, 2023 @02:26AM (#37333223)

Not really the same solution but cheap (as low as $3 monthy in EU) to get a number, esim, a free pbx/many integrations and receive sms. You don't even need to put credits.

- Zadarma: <https://zadarma.com/en/tariffs/sms/>

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