Why Does Facebook Want my Phone# to verify?

by Xhynrae · 8 posts
11 years ago in Off Topic

Posted 11 years ago · Author

What? i dont remember this....having to give a phone#, then verify from a text? :?:

Any solution to get around this? I really dont want my blowing up with spam.

Posted 11 years ago

Try this: http://receive-sms-online.com/

Personally, I suggest Google Voice, you can pick your own number and use it to text and call people for free: https://www.google.com/voice

Posted 11 years ago

could try http://www.pinger.com/content/home.html also

Posted 11 years ago

I like how they assume everyone has texting ....

If I remember right though, there is a skip button and they give you other options to verify.

Posted 11 years ago · Author

Nope no skip button. Also looked into the Google phone, they want phone number to verify too. WTF!!!

Posted 11 years ago

xhynrae wrote:
Nope no skip button. Also looked into the Google phone, they want phone number to verify too. WTF!!!

Hmm, I didn't remember having to put my real phone number in when I made an account, but I know Google won't ever send your phone anything. It's just a way to verify your account. Once you have it,, you can make a phone number and use it just like your normal phone, except you need Gmail open and their plugin to make a phone call or receive calls. But texts get sent to your inbox just like an email would and you can reply.

If you want, I'll pm you my Google number and you can have FaceBook or Google text me instead. I'll send you the verification code you need.

Posted 11 years ago

I just looked it up. For the past 10 months, they have been making new accounts in countries known for high spam count verify using texting to reduce spam on facebook.

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