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by e-clinton 1891 days ago
Don’t give up your main number. 10 years ago I changed phone numbers and ported my old one to a super cheap SIP line. 3 years later I grabbed it back and it’s been that’s my main number since.

I use SMS OTP for a lot of services which would have little consequence if hacked.. and leave things like email and other sensitive stuff to the apps generating tokens.

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That's true. My UK number seems to be completely fine after many years, even if I don't top it up. But some other country, after few months of inactivity they seem to be automatically sold to a new user.