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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by herbst on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @11:04AM (#39455507)
It's a voip service isn't it? Those numbers will not work with many online services and even some more obscure normal providers.
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Re:Keep your phone number private with Signal usernames by ossguy on Thursday February 22, 2024 @01:56AM (#39464024)
Basically everything is VoIP these days (VoLTE, etc.). Online services sometimes have secret lists of phone numbers they don't like, but "voipness" isn't a silver bullet for determining whether or not a service will like your number or not. The JMP people wrote more about this at https://blog.jmp.chat/b/2022-sms-account-verification

Anyway, this thread is about Signal, and JMP numbers work with Signal, which is why I suggested it.

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