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  • capital0ne
    capital0ne Posts: 872 Forumite
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    Sapphire wrote: »
    Just wondered. Do you have to provide a mobile phone number? I don't give out such details generally and don't wish to start now.
    Cheap Nokia from ebay £5 and a PAYG sim £10 - does it for me.
    Chuck the SIM if you start getting spam calls, and get another.
  • capital0ne
    capital0ne Posts: 872 Forumite
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    colsten wrote: »
    There is also no way they could possibly verify whether the number you give them is actually yours.
    Deosn't matter it's just a verification that you have a physical object to provide a login code, many banks etc use this technique
  • RomfordNavy
    RomfordNavy Posts: 853 Forumite
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    capital0ne wrote: »
    Deosn't matter it's just a verification that you have a physical object to provide a login code, many banks etc use this technique
    But they don't actually use the mobile number for any verification!
  • Rheumatoid
    Rheumatoid Posts: 1,065 Forumite
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    RomfordNavy wrote: »
    But they don't actually use the mobile number for any verification!

    They do. I've just been sent a text when I logged on from my phone instead of my desktop.
    16 Panel (250W JASolar) 4kWp, facing 170 degrees, 40 degree slope, Solis Inverter. Installed 29/9/2015 - £4700 (Norfolk Solar Together Scheme); 9.6kWh US2000C Pylontech batteries + Solis Inverter installed 12/4/2022 Year target (PVGIS-CMSAF) = 3880kWh - Installer estimate 3452 kWh:Average over 6 years = 4400 :j
  • TBC15
    TBC15 Posts: 1,512 Forumite
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    capital0ne wrote: »
    Cheap Nokia from ebay £5 and a PAYG sim £10 - does it for me.
    Chuck the SIM if you start getting spam calls, and get another.

    Then when they send you a code via sms for verification, go dumpster diving:rotfl:
  • RomfordNavy
    RomfordNavy Posts: 853 Forumite
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    capital0ne wrote: »
    Deosn't matter it's just a verification that you have a physical object to provide a login code, many banks etc use this technique
    But they don't actually use the mobile number for any verification!
  • masonic
    masonic Posts: 28,523 Forumite
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    RomfordNavy wrote: »
    But they don't actually use the mobile number for any verification!
    They do, according to Rheumatoid above. If correct, providing a mobile number that you can't access at all would not be advisable.
  • DennisTenus
    DennisTenus Posts: 483 Forumite
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    Yeah they do. Try logging in from another device or clearing cookies from your browser. It will prompt you to send code to email or mobile to login
  • masonic
    masonic Posts: 28,523 Forumite
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    DennisTenus wrote: »
    Yeah they do. Try logging in from another device or clearing cookies from your browser. It will prompt you to send code to email or mobile to login
    Do you have the choice of email or mobile? If so, you could simply opt for email verification - with the caveat email might be less reliable/slower than SMS.
  • DennisTenus
    DennisTenus Posts: 483 Forumite
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    Yes it gave me the choice

    I picked sms which appeared within 20 seconds
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