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Subject: Re: Codes sent by text message
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2024 08:55:48 +0100
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Am 09.03.24 um 08:29 schrieb The Real Bev:
> Some annoying websites insist on authentication by requiring me to enter
> 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.
> 
> WTF?  Why is the google voice number not a REAL phone number?

Google seems not to be a part of the regular telephony system in the USA 
and probably elsewhere. Same as WhatsApp, Signal or other Messengers. I 
guess you have no SIM card for this service.

https://support.google.com/voice/thread/10031187/how-to-change-the-google-voice-number-to-be-real-cell-phone-number-with-sim-card?hl=en

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