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Not really an answer to your question, but one partial solution to the problem of having your number leaked or sold is to setup a service like Twilio to act lik
by OminousWeapons 6y ago
Not really an answer to your question, but one partial solution to the problem of having your number leaked or sold is to setup a service like Twilio to act like a phone proxy. You can have Twilio forward calls it receives on a different number ("spam number") to your actual phone number ("real number"). You provide spam number to anyone who isn't a business or personal contact. Every few months, you rotate spam number. If your spam number is leaked, you don't care because its only a transient number which isn't more permanently associated with you.
You can also have more permanent proxy numbers for services or people that may need to get in touch with you long term.
- Phenomenit 6y agoIs this available to people outside of the US as well and is there a guide for setting this up? Last time I used twilio for a basic sms gateway there was a lot of clicking and typing.
- OminousWeapons 6y agoI think it is available for people outside the US. https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223179908-Setting-Up-Call-Forwarding https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223179908-Setti... I would recommend using the Studio workflow which is GUI based and easy. https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/115016033048-Forward-Incoming-Calls-with-Twilio-Studio https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/115016033048-Fo...
- OminousWeapons 6y agoI forgot to mention this earlier, but you can also proxy outbound calls through Twilio: https://www.twilio.com/blog/make-receive-calls-twilio-number-using-studio https://www.twilio.com/blog/make-receive-calls-twilio-number...
- 29083011397778 6y agoI've been using voip.ms in Canada to great success. Even SMS codes from banks and Whatsapp work correctly. Excellent service, highly recommend, especially with voicemail auto-transcription (then sent to email) and SMS from desktop via email.
- procombo 6y agoIt's what I have done for years. Only costs $1/mo for the number and a couple hours learning their API. Your existing cell number can be ported over to Twilio if you are patient. The only problem is trying to use the number for 2fa. A growing number of banks (like Capital One) block Twilio services from recieving their SMS.
- cced 6y agoCan you think of any drawbacks of using this for important services like say PayPal? Or are you strictly using this for throw away products and services?