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How to sign up services without phone number? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by Alborlin@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hello all, recently wanted to signup for temporary permanent legit emailmid in gmail. It was asking me Phone number in process, i tried to use multiple numbers from regular online resources ( more than 30) but nothing worked. I don't want to give my personal phone number in real life to someone's unless Its I want to.

How do I sign up services where phone number is required ? Is there throw away phone number I can get ? Is there way to skip it all together ( not on Gmail for sure ) Your help be appreciated.

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[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I use a 'burner' number with a prepaid provider that I pay $6 a month for, for all my "needs your phone number" bullshit. It's not a true burner since I'm holding it long-term, but it's a secondary number that I don't use unless I get a call or message on that number. Keeps my main/'real' number safe, from both data breaches and the weird manager at the pizza place or whatever.

[–] minnix@lemux.minnix.dev 8 points 9 months ago

If you can get away with a non North American number, most countries will give you a SIM for free or next to nothing and you pay only once for pre-paid service, no monthly fee.

[–] highfiveconnoisseur@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What service do you use? Been thinking about doing the same sort of thing.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Tello. $5 for baseline call service and minutes, unlimited text. $1 for some backup data if my primary carrier doesn't have service in an area. Runs on the t-mo network. Deprioritized to qci7 so data might not be reliable in areas where they have over-subscribed their towers, but that's only for data, so it's a footnote.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

$6 a month is much more than my actual phone plan holy shit, that is a shit ton of money for such a subscription.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

...its a full cell phone plan?

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I mean, my full plan with more internet and minutes than I need is around $4. Paying $6 for something you don't even fully use is a ripoff.

[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

You can technically get that here in the states, but it's veeeery limited: Redpocket, and a couple of by-the-minute recharge plans afaik. This $6 plan only supplies 300 minutes, and 1gb of data. The typical rate for most people's service is $50-$60 here ('unlimited* data, messages, and minutes'), with my main line costing $85 plus bs fees. $6 as a backup/secondary could be a rounding error.