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Bypassing phone number requirements?

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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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If it’s for a one-time sign up and you don’t need it for anything else afterwards, then try smspool.net . They’re pretty cheap. For example US numbers for Google signups are like 40 cents. They’ve worked pretty well for me too.

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