From: nicky.matthews@btinternet.com   
      
   On Thursday, August 21, 2014 1:53:12 AM UTC+1, Jymesion wrote:   
   > On Wed, 20 Aug 2014 11:14:51 +0200, "Chris Dolley"   
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   > >I think you can set up a free Google phone account and use that as an   
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   > >unmonitored phone.   
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   > I investigated that when it was first offered some years ago. They   
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   > required a 'real' number to link to. Maybe they've changed as the   
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   > program evolved.   
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   > My feeling is that I shouldn't have to provide what is essentially   
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   > false information in order to have an account with a site.   
      
   Is it false info? Dunno. A bureaucratic hoop rarely makes sense. I hate forms   
   of all kinds but as they are required for getting stuff done I reluctantly,   
   and often ineptly, comply.   
   I suppose it depends on how much you want to self publish. Compared with the   
   difficulty of producing a coherent text of any length this seems rather   
   trivial, but if you don't want to compromise, you don't.   
      
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