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  • Re: like a spare tire + more for your phone

    From Adept@21:2/108 to Bob Worm on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 12:14:05
    Are you saying you are permanently roaming a US SIM card / mobile plan
    or that you already have a SIP service set up?

    Permanently roaming a US SIM card. Well, unless I'm actually in the US, I suppose.

    SIM long term on basically any plan. You could totally set up a
    permanent divert on the mobile number pointing it to a different number like a cheap SIP provider / Google voice. Then again you could just as

    If it were possible for me to have it do a redirect to my Google Voice number, that would be delightful, but I don't think that's an option with my current service. and somehow I'm guessing that the people sending 2FA to my other number might not send it if it's a redirect.

    But always possible there's some way to do it, if you know the right people to contact.

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  • From Bob Worm@21:1/205 to Adept on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 13:35:05
    Re: Re: like a spare tire + more for your phone
    By: Adept to Bob Worm on Tue Dec 16 2025 12:14:05

    Hi, Adept.

    But always possible there's some way to do it, if you know the right people to contact.

    That's always the fun part :) Do you have Lebara over there? They're usually pretty travel-friendly.

    BobW
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  • From Ogg@21:3/110.10 to Adept on Monday, December 15, 2025 19:17:00
    Hello Adept!

    As it is, I think my annoyance level is low enough that I
    probably won't be putting the effort into it.

    And some forwarding trick like Bob suggests wouldn't help?


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  • From Ogg@21:3/110.10 to Adept on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 08:33:00
    Hello Adept!

    ** On Tuesday 16.12.25 - 12:14, Adept wrote to Bob Worm:

    If it were possible for me to have it do a redirect to my
    Google Voice number, that would be delightful, but I don't
    think that's an option with my current service. and somehow
    I'm guessing that the people sending 2FA to my other number
    might not send it if it's a redirect.

    I think redirecting (ie. call-forwarding) only works for voice
    calls. Forwarding text/sms doesn't work for me even
    domestically (Canada, w/luckymobile)

    Maybe your 2FA services have an option to send the code via a
    voice call?


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Ogg on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 07:45:14
    Ogg wrote to Adept <=-

    Maybe your 2FA services have an option to send the code via a
    voice call?

    I tried that once, and got an audio version of a CAPTCHA -- a computer
    voice reading alphanumerals with a weird oscillating tone beneath it,
    akin to wavy lines in a visual CAPTCHA to throw off bots.

    It was weirdly creepy.



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  • From Adept@21:2/108 to Ogg on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 20:25:32
    Maybe your 2FA services have an option to send the code via a
    voice call?

    That's what I've ended up doing, and then dialing in to my number to check the voicemail.

    Though, happily, the places where I seem to have to do 2FA more often that are still US-based, either can use my Google Voice number, or send an e-mail.

    Oh, on the note of annoying 2FA things, my mom had her investment account switched over, and they wanted my mom to sign some new things.

    However, in order to do so, they required doing 2FA with the number they had on file. In my mom's case, this was her landline. And of course they _had_ to do it via text message, thus making it impossible.

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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to poindexter FORTRAN on Wednesday, December 17, 2025 12:56:01
    Re: Re: like a spare tire + more for your phone
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Ogg on Wed Dec 17 2025 07:45 am

    I tried that once, and got an audio version of a CAPTCHA -- a computer voice reading alphanumerals with a weird oscillating tone beneath it, akin to wavy lines in a visual CAPTCHA to throw off bots.

    It was weirdly creepy.

    I've heard a couple of those too, and I agree, they are creepy.

    Nightfox
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