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Ask HN: Where can I get a virtual number that can receive short-code SMS?
I'd like to be able to use my e-mail as a second authentication factor for services that only support SMS-based 2FA. To that end, I want a number that can receive short code SMS messages and forward them to an e-mail address. Twilio would have been great, but their numbers can't receive short-code SMS messages.
- AznHisoka 7y agoNone, if there were there, it'd be abused and shortly banned from receiving SMS messages. There are loads of black hats that would swarm to such a solution.
- gtirloni 7y agoIf I get a Twilio number and register it as my 2FA in some app, how is a hacker going to abuse that because the origin of SMS messages is a shortcode?
- thekonqueror 7y agoTwilio numbers work with some services. Others list them as invalid phone numbers. I also started receiving texts on my skype number few weeks ago.
- taf2 7y agohttps://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223134047-Can-my-Twilio-number-send-SMS-to-a-non-Twilio-short-code- https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223134047-Can-m...
- Spooky23 7y agoI worked with a company called Tatango awhile back. Usually they are marketing companies that use a downstream provider. There’s a few providers, I recall that AT&T and Verizon OEMd one. Iirc, most people use a broker type service that manages the relationships between the 20 or so carriers/MVNOs. There are pretty strict rules if you roll your own, and the costs were pretty high.
- ecesena 7y agoI use Google Voice.
- shabinesh 7y agoyou can get a number from https://engagespark.com https://engagespark.com, but you can't receive to email, but to an http endpoint. And Zappier could bridge that gap.
- kull 7y agoTwilio