SMS verification service for paranoid :)

Introduction

SMS verification of accounts is becoming more popular. Even liberal Google requires when registering a mobile phone number to which an activation code will be sent. Judging by the comments, not everyone agrees to leave their number to anyone.

This approach is a logical development of the current de facto standard of activation via email: the user also needs a certain personal identifier (formerly email, now a phone number), with which an account will be associated, and to which, in case of a website hack, they will send spam: ) The only difference is that new mail can be registered for free, and a SIM card costs money ...

Existing solutions

Activation via email has long been learned to deal with using disposable mailboxes. Most of these services provide the ability to create an email address that is valid only for a short time. However, there is another option: the spam.la service - on its main page all letters arriving at addresses of the form *@spam.la are displayed. No privacy, of course, but it is not required.

It turns out there are temporary phone numbers ( inumbr , vumber , MyClassAdd , etc.) - they are used in ads so that you don’t have to answer “already sold” for weeks. All calls to a temporary number are redirected to your real phone. Sorry, SMS is not supported.

Startup idea

We take a mobile phone, connect it to a computer, make a script that displays all incoming SMS messages online. If some service requires activation via SMS - indicate the number of the aforementioned phone, go to the site, read the activation code. Hooray, complete anonymity!

Advantages

• Free niche: no competitors (for now :)
• Minimum initial costs: any phone or GSM modem that understands AT commands for working with SMS is suitable.
• Minimum recurring expenses: hosting, yes cellular tariff without a monthly fee (incoming SMS messages are free by definition).
• Simple implementation: just one page displaying messages and their senders.
• The full legality of the service.
• Profit: advertising.

disadvantages

• Room may be banned :)

PS If someone implements, mention me in the "thanks" :)