@communism@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months agoIs there any reasonable/not a huge pain in the ass way of paying for your phone contract without it being in any way tied to your real identity?message-square32fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up133arrow-down1message-squareIs there any reasonable/not a huge pain in the ass way of paying for your phone contract without it being in any way tied to your real identity?@communism@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-text
I’ve gotten prepaid sims for things but obviously that’s not really a feasible method for your main life phone.
minus-squaretiredofsametablinkfedilink2•2 months agoIn Japan, a lot of things don’t take calls from VoiP (+81-050-xxxx-xxxx) numbers. Certain businesses and such won’t accept them as contact info, either, as I discovered trying to rent my first apartment by myself.
minus-squarepsychonovalinkfedilink1•2 months agooof yeah :| Twilio has pretty much made half a business model out of promising that you can refuse VoIP numbers using their APIs soo it’s a real thing
In Japan, a lot of things don’t take calls from VoiP (+81-050-xxxx-xxxx) numbers. Certain businesses and such won’t accept them as contact info, either, as I discovered trying to rent my first apartment by myself.
oof yeah :| Twilio has pretty much made half a business model out of promising that you can refuse VoIP numbers using their APIs soo it’s a real thing