Digitimate
Security and privacy
phone number verification
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
4 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 2 critical, out of 10 comments about the project. Thread score +0.16.
Pricing: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Flow is simple and easy to use
From 2 comments
Awesome. The flow is really great and simple. The only problem is that you're giving things for free and losing money. People will not trust your service for something important…
fiatjaf on HNThanks Charlie! Lets me check one item off my backlog of things to do. Genuinely super easy to use. Future feature request: Can we get a /status page to check whether the…
albertwang on HN
Fast delivery of texts, including to Australia
From 1 comment
Nice, I got a text message in under a second to Sydney, Australia.
bbcbasic on HN
Objections
Giving away free SMS verifications may be unsustainable and could be shut down
From 2 comments
Awesome. The flow is really great and simple. The only problem is that you're giving things for free and losing money. People will not trust your service for something important…
fiatjaf on HNHow can you give away 30,000 SMSs when Twilio charges half a cent each?
panarky on HN
Free 30,000 SMS would cost real money via Twilio
From 2 comments
How can you give away 30,000 SMSs when Twilio charges half a cent each?
panarky on HN6c to Australia! That'd be $1800 / 30,000
bbcbasic on HN
Requests
Add a /status page to check web server and database health
From 1 comment
Thanks Charlie! Lets me check one item off my backlog of things to do. Genuinely super easy to use. Future feature request: Can we get a /status page to check whether the…
albertwang on HN
Let users bring their own Twilio account
From 1 comment
Thanks! If there's interest, I'll probably make a way for you to use your own Twilio account and phone number for anyone that wants to do it that way. For now, I'm just making it…
ccheever on HN
Require a verified number to use the API to prevent abuse
From 1 comment
Watch out though it costs you more for those international texts. To prevent abuse, how about requiring a mobile number and confirmation code to use the api. I.e. it uses itself…
bbcbasic on HN
Questions
How the free tier is funded given Twilio costs
From 1 comment
How can you give away 30,000 SMSs when Twilio charges half a cent each?
panarky on HN