Temporary number
A temporary number is one you hold only long enough to finish a single task, after which it returns to the pool for someone else.
In detail
The appeal is that it keeps a personal number out of a service's database, and out of the next breach of that database. The cost is that nothing about the account stays anchored: password resets, device changes and payout checks all go to a number that is no longer yours. Treat the account as disposable too, or rent the number instead.
Also known as
- disposable number
- burner number
- throwaway number