Is 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 ( @communism@lemmy.ml ) Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months ago message-square29fedilinkarrow-up126
arrow-up126message-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 ( @communism@lemmy.ml ) Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 months ago message-square29fedilink
I’ve gotten prepaid sims for things but obviously that’s not really a feasible method for your main life phone.
minus-square tiredofsametab ( @tiredofsametab@kbin.run ) linkfedilink2•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-square psychonova ( @psychonova@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilink1•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