Secure your privacy with Alternative Number

Your choice of alternate phone number provider will depend on what kind of service you need — an alternate number for business or personal use. There are many services that focus on providing alternative numbers for business use, while some, such as Surfshark, offer alternative phone numbers for personal privacy.

When choosing an alternative number for personal use, consider things like:

• Features — look for features like SMS and call forwarding;
• Availability — check if the alternative numbers are from your desired country or region;
• Privacy and security — make sure that the provider ensures security and privacy protection;
• Ease of use — find a service that redirects calls and messages to your phone or a convenient app with simple controls;
• Provider’s reputation — research the provider’s history and look through the reviews by existing users to confirm the service’s legitimacy;
• Price — compare pricing to find a service that matches your needs and budget.

At the moment, Alternative Number isn’t suitable for receiving verification codes that are required when signing up for some services or platforms. However, it can be used for all signups that don’t require text message verification and for other non-verification purposes.

An alternate phone number usually refers to a secondary or virtual phone number from a mobile service provider. It is typically used for privacy, verifications, and business calls or text messages.

Surfshark’s Alternative Number, on the other hand, is designed specifically for personal privacy — you can generate a new number every 30 days and use it to mask your real number for various activities online. Not to mention, when signing up for Surfshark, you also get a full bundle of cybersecurity tools, including a VPN, antivirus, data leak monitoring system, private search engine, and more.

You can sign up for Alternative Number from any country in the world. However, at the moment, you can generate US numbers only.

You can’t block calls or messages from specific numbers, but you can pause your Alternative Number and turn it back on whenever you’re expecting a text or a call. You can also get a brand new number after 30 days at no extra cost.

Using Alternative ID and Alternative Number is quite easy.

First, you can choose the preferred details for your alias — gender, age, birth date, and country.

Then, based on this information, your alternative persona and email address are generated. If you upgrade to Alternative Number, a US number will be generated as well.

Once you have all your alternative details, you can use them right away for as long as you like, or until you decide to generate a new alias.

Alternative Number is available globally, so as long as you have internet access, you can use it anywhere.

However, only USA numbers are available at the moment.