Subj : Re: Telegram for fidonet purposes To : August Abolins From : Wilfred van Velzen Date : Tue Aug 11 2020 09:22 am Hi August, On 2020-08-10 20:29:00, you wrote to me: WvV>> Nope, but you do need a working internet connection, with a browser, WvV>> on your connection device... AA> Ah.. yes, with the service from FreePhonNum and ReceiveSMS, an actual AA> phone is not required at all and can be triggered on a completely AA> different device such as a laptop. AA> Those two above just blow my mind. They're kinda like echomail for sms. AA> . The sms texts are totally public! Anyone can read the sms texts. AA> But hopefully the one that pertains to you will show up in a few minutes AA> and stand out. And I don't think you need a phone for google voice either... WvV>> I don't see them because of add-blocker plugins in my browser. ;-) AA> I had uBlocker and noScript on my XP pc for a few years. But AA> eventually Firefox disabled them. :( Meanwhile, this recent AA> experience has been the incentive I needed to look for an alternative AA> plug-in. Found one. https://www.rollingstone.com/ is also notorious AA> for streaming ads. The new plugin blocked 66 ads in 3 minutes, and the AA> number keeps increasing while reading just one specific page. Sheeesh. In my firefox I use Ghostery, Privacy Badger, and especially against adds: uBlock Origin. I hardly see any commercial content that way. Even the adds "in" youtube video's are gone... Bye, Wilfred. --- FMail-lnx64 2.1.0.18-B20170815 * Origin: FMail development HQ (2:280/464) .