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reustle on July 26, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Introducing Telegram Passport

Yeah I use Google Voice for this purpose, which isn't _really_ 2fa anyway (because it's my google account).

Hydraulix989 on July 27, 2018 [–]

Some services somehow know that the phone number is VoIP (Google Voice) and disallow you from using it with TFA. IIRC, Steam is one example.

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