WhatsApp Issues and Warning for OTC Contact?

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justinyoo
Reading one of @RonJax2 pro tips and his last forum post regarding outside the club (OTC) communication and hookups, it got me thinking to setup a WhatsApp (WA) account for privacy and since some plans in Mexico might have issues with contacting outside the country.

To my surprise, WA does not accept my burner number or Google voice number. I get a message stating it is an invalid number in the United States (for WA).

Researching it a bit, but just about 5 months ago WA stopped allowing VoIP (voice over IP) numbers that Google and my burner uses.

So I'm here to 1.) ask if anyone knows a good non-VoIP solution and 2.) more importantly inform users of WA with Google voice that eventually they might (I can't be sure) be phased out or if you log out, might not be able to get in. Knowing this, it might be best to backup your numbers with names and notes in case so if you need to setup a new solution, you can contact your beautiful and fun friends with a new number. I would hate for all that time and money to build solid OTC connections goes to waste.

Below is a Reddit post of users experiencing the issue.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Googlevoice/s/h…

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Zbott
6 days ago
@justinyoo I had a similar problem when I tried setting mine up for. Trip in September. I ended up using an app called TextNow and did a trial account then cancelled it 2 days after I set up my WhatsApp. Still seems to be working as I messaged my ATF for our OTC next week just yesterday. Give it a try out other text apps and you should find one that works
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RonJax2
6 days ago
Doh! I came here to mention @ZBott's experience with this, and that TextNow was the solution. So yeah, like ZBott says, haha.

I think you might have to pay a couple of bucks for it. But keep in mind you can cancel it right away. I think the only consequence of cancelling after you signed up with Whats would be if you have to reinstall Whats on a new phone, you'll probably be locked out. That's the only time I can recall needing to use my virtual number again with Whats. That's a probably easily solved by saving any numbers you have.

Let us know if that works, because other people are gonna run into the same problem.

You might also try Hushed: https://hushed.com/

This source says it will work with Whats: https://umnico.com/blog/whatsapp-virtual…
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