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Best way to receive anonymous SMS? (germany) (diggit.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by Fuyuhikodate@diggit.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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So, lately a loooot of Services want a phone number from you even for th slightiest Things.

9 of 10 cases i dont wanna Do that so cannot use that Service. But sometimes i really need a specific Service But dont see the reason why it need my (Real) phone number.

So have anybody any Tips for me?

The reasons i wanna Do that is obciously besides privacy that i so far never had receive any Spam SMS in my Life and still wanna keep it that way.

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[–] ingwiephoenix@drachennetz.com 2 points 1 year ago

Volla Phone, makers of some degoogled phones, actually asked for if people wanted that on Twitter a while back.

Dunno if they went through with it, though. Would also be interested in hiding my phone number; would allow me to come back to Whatsapp. I ain't giving Meta my number... xD