there are a lot of options for keeping people connected that dont require a phone like matrix, xmpp and a much bigger etc. so if someone wanted to ditch their phone and only use their linux laptop, would that be possible?? thank you!!
there are a lot of options for keeping people connected that dont require a phone like matrix, xmpp and a much bigger etc. so if someone wanted to ditch their phone and only use their linux laptop, would that be possible?? thank you!!
You would still need a internet source, but yeah. The hardest part would be getting a virtual phone number that qualifies for receiving account text messages when necessary. Or using apps that inherently tie themselves to a phone number.
You can get a phone number from twilio, vitelity, voip.ms etc, and you can run a SIP client on the laptop if you need to make or receive phone calls.
Some SMS 2fa messages won’t be sent to VoIP numbers. Particularly those coming from 5 digit numbers.
Just something to keep in mind, as it was a difficulty that I ran into using a twilio number for a lot of web services.
Yeah… that’s the problem.
And the solution is services like truverifi
That’s a new one for me, I’ll add it to the list.
I haven’t had to deal with that much, but yeah it can happen. For 2fa in particular, TOTP is way preferable to SMS.
Of course but some garbage companies only offer sms MFA
Oh good, someone had suggestions. Thank you, I’ll keep these written down for when I need an anonymous voip again. The last ones I used suddenly became disqualified for what I was using them for. Hadn’t gotten around to trying replacements.
jmp.chat works well for north america too
Google voice works for most important things. I use it for my bank and venmo.
Unfortunately, that’s one that got banned for a few services. Obviously not all, good to hear it still works for some, but for others you enter a gvoice number and it tells you it’s not eligible. (At least it did, maybe something has changed and they’re working again, it’s been a while since I tried it.)
Definitely still a thing unfortunately
Damn. Well, thanks for saving me the trouble.