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It's not a perfect "solution" but I've had so many instances of services requiring phone numbers for 2FA that I've dedicated a voip number for it.
by coffeemaniac 6y ago
It's not a perfect "solution" but I've had so many instances of services requiring phone numbers for 2FA that I've dedicated a voip number for it.
- bzb3 6y agoMost websites have blocked VoIP numbers so you won't be able to use them for 2fa.
- dvtrn 6y agoI’ve come across this as well, and having worked in VoIP the common rationale is fraud prevention, which is a real problem that does exist-but I think it’s a rationale that has been quite misapplied or perhaps better to say, inappropriately applied as a blocker for using VoIP numbers for 2FA.
- coffeemaniac 6y agoIn my experiences the vast majority of websites allow it -- a select few disallow. Although that group will expand. One trick I've found is to register the 2FA with a "real" number, and then port that number to a voip service. I never use a real cell phone number for anything.
- hinkley 6y agoI've eyeballed family plans a couple times, in some cases it's just a minimum of 2 phones sharing a larger data pool. I've toyed with the idea of putting the 2nd SIM in my old phone and just having it around for... whatever, as long as it's not consuming data.