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submitted 2 weeks ago by kionite231@lemmy.ca to c/general@lemmy.world

Hello folks,

I was wondering if I should open my secondary number for public use, what I mean is that anyone could use my number for temporary SMS to make a burner account or for some privacy reasons. I know that there are tons of services out there which provides a temp SMS however most of those numbers are blocked by all the big tech like G**gle, Micrsft etc, my number is new so it will take some time before they ban it as well.

I have a concern though, what will happen if someone tries to use my number for malicious purposes ( is it even possible that someone could use it in a way that will put me in trouble? ). that mobile number is going expire in 6 months anyway, so I guess it's not an issue.

what do you say? your thoughts?

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[-] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 33 points 2 weeks ago

It doesn't matter in what part of the world you are in, don't do this. Your number will 100% be used for illegal/malicious activity and you, as the registered number owner and holder will get into trouble.

[-] FMT99@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Just to say this is 100% correct. Do not do this.

[-] kionite231@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I was afraid of doing that because of the reasons you said here.

It doesn't matter in what part of the world you are in

TBH I am from a third world, fascist country where laws are jokes. If anything I can just say "ohh someone hacked my number somehow". The police and authorities are literally illiterate.

If 5 in 10 people would use it for good cause I am happy.

[-] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago

Like @baggins@lemmy.ca said, you'll be even more vulnerable.

If your country doesn't care about their own law then if you end up in authorities' radar you are going to suffer for not having law protect you.

Please don't do it. You'll just fuck up your own situation. If you want to help people just volunteer your time or something, not your identity or your own security.

[-] baggins@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

They're "literally illiterate" and you think you can explain your way outta crimes that came from your phone? You're going to end up in jail

[-] Deceptichum@quokk.au 9 points 2 weeks ago

Well meaning but terrible idea.

[-] kionite231@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 weeks ago

Could you elaborate please, I mean yeah there is some risk but what part made you think it's a "terrible" idea?

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure you'd be legally accountable to an extent lol

[-] jet@hackertalks.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

Do you like talking to the police everyday? because this is how you're going to talk to the police everyday

There's plenty of SMS services that exist already, one single phone number is not going to make a dent

this post was submitted on 12 May 2025
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