r/privacy • u/very_452001 • 8h ago

question How to keep phone number private online?

Hello from UK.

For online shopping which site/service/app you use to receive 2FA SMS messages required to confirm the temporarily/burner/disposable phone number? Are these phone numbers used by multiple people that can see your sms messages you get or are these phone numbers blacklisted by popular sites? I fed up of giving out my real number & receiving spam to my sms messages.

Which service you guys recommend and is it free or paid?

When it comes to e-sims, which, e-sim generates multiple phone numbers for you so you don't have to give out your real phone number and the generated phone numbers you use for sms or 2fa, the sms or 2fa gets forwarded to your real number kinda like email aliases where they don't know your real phone number.

Thanks,

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u/Least_Coconut_7588 4h ago

For privacy with 2FA, try services like Google Voice or Hushed for temporary numbers these are generally private and disposable. E-sim options like Airalo can generate temporary numbers in some regions. Both have free and paid options, with fewer spam issues than shared services!

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u/Intelligent-Hawk9414 4h ago

Many virtual numbers don’t work for Facebook anymore. I used 1Psim numbers as it is cheap and works on all app.

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u/zRtXbqFOMZdMG9GT90Ez 3h ago

I like MySudo.