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Relay Phone Number and OTP codes (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Facebook (I know) is forcing me to revive a code via a phone number to "prove I'm real". I figured this would be a good usecase for relay phone numbrrs, but thus far I haven't revived any codes after many attempts.

Anyone else experience this?

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[–] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

OK I might have answered my own question. Its likely that the numbers provided to you are VOIP numbers and not "real" numbers.

WhatsApp will not let you use a VOIP number to sign up for their service. Its likely Facebook will not send a code to a VOIP number as well.

Kind of a bummer. I just want to argue with chuds on my local page without giving Facebook my soul lol.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Out of curiosity, is it hard or impractical for you to get a second phone number where you live?

Over here phones with multiple SIMs are common, pretty much everybody has one with dual physical SIM or with eSIM support.

You can also get a cheap prepay plan that will let you receive verification SMS for extended periods of time.

[–] RedWizard@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 11 months ago

That would be more then I'm willing to spend. I'm basically trying to get around their human verification process. The first thing they demand is a phone number to receive a OTP.

What I did find was a service called smspool.net that let's you order a non-voip number to receive a OTP for around $0.25. You can rent a phone number if you want but I was able to get the OTP and get through the appeal process.