Originally Posted by
joshua362
Problem with SMS is now you've given out your cell number to a for profit commercial entity. Only a matter of time before it gets passed around for marketing no matter what the privacy and disclosure statements say. I guess I'm still reeling from the landline abuses of prior years.
So, a free Goggle Voice account gets you the appearance of a cell phone and 2 way texting. That is the only number banks & credit card companies get of mine.
Wow - I must live in a different world or zone.
I have given my phone number to:
every bank for our 30+ credit cards
every frequent flyer/hotel account - that must be well over 30 of them
maybe another 50 vendors from online purchases
the list goes on and on
I get less than a handful of junk phone calls a week... sometimes none. And I have never bothered to add my number to do not call lists.