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Stop Treating Phone Numbers As A Digital ID (notthesolution.substack.com)

submitted 2 years ago by formerlytomato@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

usually they check for VOIP numbers and give you an error. Has to be legit.

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[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Never had that problem with the Google voice service

Yeah yeah it's google, but it gives numbers that work

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[–] u_u@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Last time I checked, Google Voice is only available for US residents. Not sure if there's alternative.

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[–] Boozilla@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Google voice is hit or miss. It's worked for a lot of smaller sites for me, but the bigger / more corporate it is, the less likely it seems to work.

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