Google Voice has stopped forwarding SMS • Hacker News Board

Re: Google Voice has stopped forwarding SMS

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Post by xtiansimon » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 12:04 PM UTC

polotics wrote: post #46

mythz wrote: post #43

This was about to become super inconvenient as I use my GV number for all online services, but just checked and was still able to receive 2FA notifications on GV App and Email so crisis is adverted for now. Still a reminder that any Google services & features I rely on could be axed at any minute. It's been a couple of years that I've sworn off trying out any new Google Services. I used to look forward to their produ…

Funny, this made me think back about the time when I was feeling like this about Microsoft's constant framework and tooling churn. Are all companies that get large enough destined to eat their own?

Ha! I work in the restaurant industry and I feel the same way, but about the pop up online ordering platforms and POS providers.

I had an argument (via email) with a POS provider whose time and attendance system were used by my client. I said I need SOH report (in NY you get special pay if you work more than 10 hrs in one day).

They said they don’t have this report, but we could switch over to their payroll service, where they do offer this report.

Adolescent companies just won’t step out of their lane, even when they collect data which is necessary for compliance with the law.

Hmmm. What’s going on? Young and impervious to reason. Old and careless.

Re: Google Voice has stopped forwarding SMS

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Post by rjzzleep » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 12:18 PM UTC

fabbari wrote: post #53

rjzzleep wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What did you choose? I used Google Fi for a while but it's becoming gradually worse, so I've kept it mainly for the off chance that I need to go somewhere I can't easily buy a sim card.

I travel to Europe a lot - being originally from Italy - and they will have to grab my original 30$ per month contract from my cold dead hands. I get - slow - unlimited data when travelling and free SMSs, saved my bacon more than once. I think they have something similar for 45$.

This question was specifically targeted at the parent. People need a long term number when they're overseas because otherwise their home services 2FA doesn't work. People use GVoice or Google Fi because they need a US number. Ideally you don't want to switch sim cards for that purpose. So I'm more interested in the US.

Re: Google Voice has stopped forwarding SMS

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Post by flyingfences » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 12:58 PM UTC

compsciphd wrote: post #52

mythz wrote: post #43

This was about to become super inconvenient as I use my GV number for all online services, but just checked and was still able to receive 2FA notifications on GV App and Email so crisis is adverted for now. Still a reminder that any Google services & features I rely on could be axed at any minute. It's been a couple of years that I've sworn off trying out any new Google Services. I used to look forward to their produ…

some banks blacklist voip #s (and hence google voice #s it seems) so 2FA notifications fail to go them. I wonder if people who have google fi have the same issue.

Anecdotally, I have no issue with 2FA texts coming through on my Google Fi line.

Re: Google Voice has stopped forwarding SMS

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Post by tyingq » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 1:05 PM UTC

weird-eye-issue wrote: post #45

tyingq wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So receiving texts still works with the app? Makes the cited "spam problem" reason for killing forwarding pretty weak.

Not sure why you think that. There is a big difference between their service getting incoming spam texts and their service getting incoming spam texts and then forwarding it out through the phone networks.

To a verified phone number of the same end user. Keep in mind they are still forwarding calls too.

Re: Google Voice has stopped forwarding SMS

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Post by vdqtp3 » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 1:11 PM UTC

devoutsalsa wrote: post #22

Animats wrote: post #4

Years ago, I used Google Voice to receive text messages. Then Twilio came along and I switched to them. Much better.

Have you had any issues w/ not being able to use your Twillio number for 2FA?

Some organizations won't let it be used, as it shows up in the databases as a voip number (even if it was a ported cell phone number). It's hit or miss

Re: Google Voice has stopped forwarding SMS

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Post by LinuxBender » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 1:15 PM UTC

compsciphd wrote: post #52

mythz wrote: post #43

This was about to become super inconvenient as I use my GV number for all online services, but just checked and was still able to receive 2FA notifications on GV App and Email so crisis is adverted for now. Still a reminder that any Google services & features I rely on could be axed at any minute. It's been a couple of years that I've sworn off trying out any new Google Services. I used to look forward to their produ…

some banks blacklist voip #s (and hence google voice #s it seems) so 2FA notifications fail to go them. I wonder if people who have google fi have the same issue.

I use skype-in (skype with a landline number) that can do SMS. The only site I have found that was able to send SMS to it was LinkedIn. All the banks block it. All eCommerce sites block it that I have tried.

Re: Google Voice has stopped forwarding SMS

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Post by sudosysgen » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 1:27 PM UTC

LinuxBender wrote: post #66

compsciphd wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

some banks blacklist voip #s (and hence google voice #s it seems) so 2FA notifications fail to go them. I wonder if people who have google fi have the same issue.

I use skype-in (skype with a landline number) that can do SMS. The only site I have found that was able to send SMS to it was LinkedIn. All the banks block it. All eCommerce sites block it that I have tried.

It's less about a specific blacklist than Skype-in not implementing short-code SMS support.

Re: Google Voice has stopped forwarding SMS

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Post by weird-eye-issue » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 2:03 PM UTC

tyingq wrote: post #64

weird-eye-issue wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure why you think that. There is a big difference between their service getting incoming spam texts and their service getting incoming spam texts and then forwarding it out through the phone networks.

To a verified phone number of the same end user. Keep in mind they are still forwarding calls too.

I think this is a case of "The details are what matters and we don't have the details"

Re: Google Voice has stopped forwarding SMS

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Post by pxeboot » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 2:30 PM UTC

compsciphd wrote: post #52

mythz wrote: post #43

This was about to become super inconvenient as I use my GV number for all online services, but just checked and was still able to receive 2FA notifications on GV App and Email so crisis is adverted for now. Still a reminder that any Google services & features I rely on could be axed at any minute. It's been a couple of years that I've sworn off trying out any new Google Services. I used to look forward to their produ…

some banks blacklist voip #s (and hence google voice #s it seems) so 2FA notifications fail to go them. I wonder if people who have google fi have the same issue.

> I wonder if people who have google fi have the same issue.

Fi numbers are actually hosted by T-Mobile and show up as mobile, not voip by all carrier lookup services I have seen.

Re: Google Voice has stopped forwarding SMS

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Post by meowster » Thu, Aug 19, 2021, 3:30 PM UTC

b112 wrote: post #57

tyingq wrote: post #20

"Important: In light of spam causing potential issues with SMS forwarding, text message forwarding to linked numbers will stop on or after August 1." That's interesting. I thought Google felt like they were quite good at squashing spam.

Google puts gmail spam in your spam folder, and they're terrible at mistaking legit stuff for spam. While their overzealousness is annoying, at least you still have the message in the spam folder. There is no SMS spam folder, so they'd have to drop messages they think of as spam.

Over the last year or so, I started get obvious spam (weird spellings with numbers or other characters and such) in my Gmail inbox on average once a day.