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March 01, 2014, 09:10:04 PM
Last edit: March 03, 2014, 02:09:06 PM by Pente
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What is the best way to deal with 2 factor verification if you travel?

I keep some bitcoins on Coinbase for quick sale, then I can withdraw the money from a foreign ATM. Before I went to Kenya, I removed my phone number, but when I tried to sell some BTC, it required me to add one again. So I added my the # from the phone of my youngest wife.

Now that I am back in the USA, I went to change it back to my cell phone here. But this time it won't allow me delete the phone#. I am using the change phone option which uses authy.com and takes 48 hours.

This isn't a big deal now, but I want to have a way to sell my BTC at coinbase from anywhere in the world.

Has anyone used Webtext.com? I am wondering if I could use something like that to replace my cell phone for all this 2Factor stuff.

Update: Webtext.com doesn't seem to give you a phone # for someone to send a text message to it. I need something that can create an online virtual phone for sending text messages to it.

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March 02, 2014, 03:44:55 PM
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They don't have Google Authenticator? Just get a cheap Android phone and put the app on there, if you don't want to use your main phone.

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March 02, 2014, 04:59:22 PM
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They don't have Google Authenticator? Just get a cheap Android phone and put the app on there, if you don't want to use your main phone.

SMS 2 factor is just fussy... The site should Have Google Authenticator, which is an app that generates the code, even without internet.
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If you can't use your main phone, buy a cheap Android phone and put the app on there!
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