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Are there any ways to avoid handing over your real phone number, besides having an extra SIM? Lots of places/services want SMS verification, but i rarely want to hand out my actual phone number.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I've recently been looking into mysudo. For $1 a month you can get 1 number as well as some extra stuff if you care about that.

You can use it without Google services if running GrapheneOS but it takes a second normal phone and a throwaway Google account to work. Incoming notifications don't work but if used as a spam number that's probably a good thing lol. (https://support.mysudo.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/4414403558555-When-will-MySudo-be-supported-on-GrapheneOS-?page=1#community_comment_4414489480859)

Haven't pulled the trigger on it but seems like something I will probably set up at some point