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| Context: https://blog.jmp.chat/b/2022-sms-account-verification | |
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| Google (account verification), , 1, 2021-08 , , 1, 2021-08 | Google (account verification), 1, 1, 2022-05 , , 2, 2022-07 Google Voice, , , , 3, , 2022-05 GroupMe, 1, , 2022-06, , , Instagram, , , , , , | 
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| PayPal, 1, 2, 2022-09,1 , , 2022-07-30 Plenty of Fish, , , , 1,,2022-05 | |
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| Service Ontario Notifications, , , , 1, , 2022-08-12 Signal, 0, 1, 2022-10-30, , , Simlar (Fdroid), 1, , 2022-02, , , | |
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| Steam, , 1, 2022-04, , , Tangerine Bank, , , , , 1, 2022-04 | Steam, , 1, 2022-04, , 1, 2022-07-30 Tangerine Bank, , 1, 2022-08, , 1, 2022-04 | 
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| Telegram (CA Number), 4, 10, 2021-12, , , , | Telegram (CA Number), 4, 11, 2021-12, , , , | 
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| Twitter,,,,,,, | Twitter,,,,1,,2022-07-30 | 
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| Walmart.ca, , 0,, ,2, 2021-08 | |
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| Walmart.ca, , 0,, ,2, 2021-08 Simlar (Fdroid), 1, , 2022-02, , , | Wise(TransferWise), 2, 1, 2022-09-30, , , Zoho, 1, 1, 2022-07-30, , , | 
Context: https://blog.jmp.chat/b/2022-sms-account-verification
Some companies maintain secret lists of phone numbers which they prohibit for new signups. If you run into this problem, you can:
- try again (sometimes this solves the issue)
- contact the company, letting them know of the issue
- use a different form of 2FA, like OTP (since SMS 2FA is neither private, nor is it all that secure
- find an alternative to that company's services
- use a service specifically tailored to SMS 2FA instead, like https://crypton.sh/ or https://smsprivacy.org/ [SMS Privacy appears to no longer be operational] (their numbers are not on these block lists, but they lack certain other features of a JMP phone number)
Sample of services with successes and failures:
