| Developers: | Mozilla |
| Last Release Date: | 2022/09/15 |
| Branches: | Internet services |
2022: Phone Number Substitution Feature Development
Mozilla is working to expand the Firefox Relay service, which allows you to generate temporary mail addresses for registering on sites or signing up for subscriptions so as not to advertise your real address. This became known on September 15, 2022. While the review is going through a change that implements a similar functionality for phone numbers. Firefox Relay will allow you to generate temporary phone numbers to hide the user's real number when registering or receiving SMS alerts.
Calls and SMS arriving at the created virtual number will automatically be redirected to the user's real number, hiding it from strangers. If necessary, the user can deactivate the virtual number and no longer receive calls and SMS through it. As with mail addresses, the service can also be used to identify the source of information leakage. For example, for different registrations, you can link individual virtual numbers, which, in the event of SMS mailings or advertising calls, will allow you to understand who exactly is the source of the leak.
In addition, we can note the intention to integrate Firefox Relay support into the main Firefox roster. If earlier a special add-on was required to generate and substitute addresses, now the browser, when connecting the user to an account in Firefox Account, will automatically offer replacements in the input fields with email. Firefox Relay is scheduled to be included in Firefox on September 27, 2022.
The addition of phone number substitution to Firefox Relay is expected on October 11, so far only for users from the USA and Canada. The service will be paid, but its cost has not yet been determined. The basic service for redirecting 5 mail addresses is free, and the cost of the extended paid version of Firefox Relay Premium for redirecting mail (unlimited addresses, cutting trackers, the ability to use your domain) after September 27 will be $1.99 per month or $12 per year (until September 27 there was a promotional period with a price of $0.99 per month). Firefox Relay code is open under the MPL-2.0 license and can be used to create a similar service on its hardware[1]
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