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!!

  • @solrize
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    1910 months ago

    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.

    • @brygphilomena
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      2310 months ago

      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.

      • @solrize
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        10 months ago

        I haven’t had to deal with that much, but yeah it can happen. For 2fa in particular, TOTP is way preferable to SMS.

        • @JustUseMint
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          310 months ago

          Of course but some garbage companies only offer sms MFA

    • @[email protected]
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      310 months ago

      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.