communism to PrivacyEnglish · 4 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-squaremessage-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 to PrivacyEnglish · 4 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-squaretiredofsametab@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 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-squarepsychonova@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 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