[yesforwhat]

> The smart thing to do is to have a public number and a private number.

What's the easiest way to do this?

[mdani]

Use Twilio Proxy https://www.twilio.com/proxy

[LeoPanthera]

That's only "easy" for the HN crowd.

Most people use second-line apps like Hushed, or the traditional method of getting a second line from your carrier.

[kkarakk]

The journalist in question here has access to an "opsec" team, seems like it would be their job to handle things like this and they dropped the ball

[skrebbel]

Two phones.

(or a double SIM phone, but then you still risk messing up yourself by mixing data / calling from the wrong number / etc)

[nutjob2]

Try anveo.com, they have numbers globally which start at less than $1 per month but with a setup fee of a couple of dollars and a per-minute fee of around 1 cent per minute. You can also pay more per month charges for no per minute charges.

You'll also need a SIP client. Some Android phones have these built in but you can also use things like Grandstream Wave. I have no idea about iOS, MAc aor Win but there should be several options for those.

[SmellyGeekBoy]

I have our work VOIP account set up on my Android phone. It's integrated into the dialer and works for incoming and outgoing calls. On outgoing calls I have to select whether I want to use the SIM or the VOIP account.

It's a geographic (local) number to our office and costs £7.99 per month. Seems like it would be easy enough to add one for personal use as well.

[astura]

Two phones.