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hobarrera on Dec 21, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook charged with misleading EU on $22B WhatsA...

> I'm actually surprised that anybody would give their real phone number to Facebook, Whatsapp, or any of the other "social networks"

The only use for my phone number is registering for stuff like WhatsApp. Why would I want one if not for stuff like that?

(note: talking about the number itself, not a smartphone. I use a smartphone for lots of other stuff)

pzh on Dec 21, 2016 [–]

But you can give Whatsapp a Google Voice number instead of your real phone number. That way if they decide to sell it as part of your profile, you can easily change/cycle it (or apply better filtering, DND, etc.)

hobarrera on Dec 29, 2016 | [–]

AFAIK, Google Voice is only available in the US, and this trail is in the EU.

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