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dimmke
on March 16, 2021
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A hacker got all my texts for $16
The reason most services require a phone number is so you can't just create a new account if you get banned and ideally your account is somewhat tied to a real person. They ban VOIP numbers because it would defeat the whole point.
TwoBit
on March 16, 2021
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What's preventing someone from getting mutiple regular phones and accounts for them then?
closeparen
on March 16, 2021
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Cost. You can do it, but not hundreds of times like with an email address. Probably not even 10 times before you give up and do something else.
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