Oct 12, 2022 10:33:00

A function to generate a fake phone number and protect yourself from spam is added to the discarded email generation service 'Firefox Relay'

Mozilla, the developer of the web browser `` Firefox '', has developed a discarded email address generation service ``

Firefox Relay '' that can create a temporary email address and protect the original email address. Newly added to Firefox Relay is 'a function to create a temporary phone number and protect the original phone number'.

Protect your privacy and your phone number with Firefox Relay
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/privacy-security/hide-your-phone-number-with-firefox-relay/

Firefox Relay is a service that allows you to create a temporary email address that can forward emails to your original email address. You can protect yourself from damage such as 'a large amount of spam is sent from the site'. How to register and use Firefox Relay is explained in detail in the following article.

``Firefox Relay'' review that protects the original email address by automatically generating a discarded email that can be used when creating an account for free - GIGAZINE

Firefox Relay is free to use, and you can create an unlimited number of email addresses by subscribing to a subscription plan. Newly, Mozilla has added a 'phone number masking plan' to Firefox Relay, enabling the generation of temporary phone numbers.

When you join a phone number masking plan, you are assigned a temporary phone number. After that, it is OK if you use a temporary phone number at the timing when you are asked for a phone number such as 'registration for web service' and 'creation of point card'. Calls and text messages to the temporary number will be forwarded to the original number.

The phone number masking plan allows up to 50 minutes of voice calls and 75 text messages per month. There is no need to install a specific app when making voice calls, and you can continue to use the same phone functions as before.

The phone number masking plan is a paid plan of $ 4.99 (about 730 yen) per month, and it also comes with unlimited email address generation. Also, in the case of an annual contract, the monthly fee will be $ 3.99 (about 580 yen).

At the time of writing the article, the phone number masking plan is only available in the United States and Canada, and plans to expand the service to other regions in the future.