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Ask HN: Where can I get a virtual number that can receive short-code SMS?

7 points by atdt ↗ HN
I'd like to be able to use my e-mail as a second authentication factor for services that only support SMS-based 2FA. To that end, I want a number that can receive short code SMS messages and forward them to an e-mail address. Twilio would have been great, but their numbers can't receive short-code SMS messages.

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AznHisoka
None, if there were there, it'd be abused and shortly banned from receiving SMS messages. There are loads of black hats that would swarm to such a solution.
gtirloni
If I get a Twilio number and register it as my 2FA in some app, how is a hacker going to abuse that because the origin of SMS messages is a shortcode?
Spooky23
I worked with a company called Tatango awhile back. Usually they are marketing companies that use a downstream provider.

There’s a few providers, I recall that AT&T and Verizon OEMd one. Iirc, most people use a broker type service that manages the relationships between the 20 or so carriers/MVNOs. There are pretty strict rules if you roll your own, and the costs were pretty high.