Snapchat Security Fiasco Proves You Need a
Disappearing Phone Number
Did you see the news last week? As reported by the Washington Post:
“Snapchat users are waking up to troubling news: Thanks to a gap in the
service's security, the phone numbers and usernames for as many as 4.6
million accounts have been downloaded by a Web site calling itself
SnapchatDB.info.”
Companies like Snapchat put in safeguards to protect privacy. But you
should not rely on cloud-based companies to implement every protection for
you. You should take steps yourself to protect your privacy on the Internet,
and to protect your phone number. Here is how you do it.
Many of us have throwaway email accounts that we make disappear when
we get spammed too much. The same concept applies to phone numbers.
We need our primary phone number, which we never post on the Internet,
and we need a few extra phone numbers that ring as a separate line to our
mobile phone. These phone numbers should be virtual numbers that can
disappear at a moment’s notice.
But a disappearing phone number is not good unless the underlying phone
number is a real phone number. Numbers with a fake area code or numbers
that can only call other numbers from the same mobile app download are not
the answer. You need a real phone number, with caller ID, caller name,
voice mail, no restrictions on outbound calling or inbound receipt of calls,
that is on an inexpensive mobile VoIP carrier, that you can deactivate
instantly, or change to another number if your virtual number gets in the
wrong hands.
I cannot stress enough that I am not talking about a low-quality mobile VoIP
app that does not accept inbound calls, or that can only call another app user.
This virtual number that can disappear instantly is meant to be used, albeit
such use may be temporary. A disappearing number is something you can
use for online dating, for responding to a craigslist ad, PVA verification, or
to list on a website that requires a phone number.
Every time I shop for new car insurance, I have to register my mobile phone
number. For the next three days I receive a dozen calls on my Austin, Texas
virtual number, the one I use for Internet signups, which is also verifiable on
automated callbacks, and I don’t pick them up. I love having multiple phone
lines and identities on my mobile phone.
So which app should you choose that can deliver all these benefits? There
are a few choices, but I have to go with the one that has the most phone
numbers, VoX Mobile. If you go to Google Play to download the Android
version, you will see phone numbers from 57 countries and thousands of
cities. It is remarkable what VoX has done. VoX also has an app in the
iTunes store.
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