Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Real Bev Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Codes sent by text message Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2024 14:27:38 -0800 Organization: None, as usual Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2024 22:27:40 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6a5a3f8d0614fea3582fb34d5301a395"; logging-data="2690737"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19J/IN1YzVr4P9ELd5v89jzKfyz+y4HXdU=" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0 Thunderbird/68.12.1 Cancel-Lock: sha1:g1O/xoGiBOtGBoq3sGF+BLPtoLc= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2656 On 3/8/24 11:55 PM, J=C3=B6rg Lorenz wrote: > Am 09.03.24 um 08:29 schrieb The Real Bev: >> Some annoying websites insist on authentication by requiring me to ent= er >> the number they send by text message. For some reason my google voice= >> number is never identified as a real phone number and I have to use my= >> old phone with the $10/year SIM to receive their code. >>=20 >> WTF? Why is the google voice number not a REAL phone number? >=20 > Google seems not to be a part of the regular telephony system in the US= A > and probably elsewhere. Same as WhatsApp, Signal or other Messengers. I= > guess you have no SIM card for this service. No, I have a Keepgo data SIM which uses my google voice number to=20 piggyback onto 'movistar' and/or T-Mobile. When I use it to make phone=20 calls part of the data gets used as 'mobile' and generally more gets=20 used as 'roaming'. It makes my head hurt thinking about it, but I've=20 got 3GB of data and a year to use it, and I've only used 200 MB in 6=20 months. I don't need to use any of it when I'm near a free wifi hotspot. $30 for 3GB for a year and I have to buy a few dollars worth at the end=20 of the year. If anybody is interested you can join through a link I=20 send you and we both get 3GB of free data. Just sayin'. > https://support.google.com/voice/thread/10031187/how-to-change-the-goog= le-voice-number-to-be-real-cell-phone-number-with-sim-card?hl=3Den --=20 Cheers, Bev Red ship crashes into blue ship - sailors marooned.