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It's becoming more and more popular for websites (including Google & others) to demand you SMS text verify to use the service. This can be a huge drag on privacy. This article goes over a few services you can pay some tiny amount of cryptocurrency to get a burner SMS text number just for this purpose, including tips on which ones to use for which service:

https://simplifiedprivacy.com/best-temporary-burner-sms-verification-services/

Note: There are no affiliate links. This is a neutral third party article.

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[-] LinkOpensChest_wav@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

This account seems to post nothing but content from this site. Doesn't seem very "neutral" or "third party" to me...

[-] online@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Can't even get the jmp.chat name right... They refer to it as jmb.chat

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe it's their website? I assume they're saying the site is neutral rather than the account.

[-] WishfulAlbatross@monero.town 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Check out these too:

You can pay with Monero and they require no info to sign up or very minimal info such as an email

[-] BlinkerFluid@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Crypto is a scam.

in all fields, forever.

this post was submitted on 30 Aug 2023
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