"They will tell you you're a bot unless you pony up a "real" phone number ..."
This is my 2FA mule:
https://kozubik.com/items/2famule/
There are others like it, but this one is mine.
This is my 2FA mule:
https://kozubik.com/items/2famule/
There are others like it, but this one is mine.
Whenever I hear things like this, I like to remind people that they should be most concerned about outcomes, not about what satisfies their indignance. I agree that this situation is ridiculous, but being mad about it isn't going to change the state of the world. If you're genuinely worried about giving out your primary phone number for 2FA or account verification purposes, then this is a solution for you. Being pissed at companies for leaking data is not a solution.
To my defense, I didn't argue that being pissed at some company would solve anything :)
I guess it's nice to have the backup, though, in case the local internet connection goes down. The 500MB/mo plan bumps it to just $6/mo.
See my comments elsewhere in thread, but a "VOIP" number is a ridiculously tiny corner case in the world of telco, hence lack of support.
In fact, twilio even started offering special numbers that are flagged and "vouched for" that should be treated as non-VOIP ... but they aren't.
If you really need it to work, it needs to be a number from a physical SIM card.