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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.
Just to say this is 100% correct. Do not do this.
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.
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.
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
Well meaning but terrible idea.
Could you elaborate please, I mean yeah there is some risk but what part made you think it's a "terrible" idea?
Pretty sure you'd be legally accountable to an extent lol
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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