Virtual phone numbers
MoneroSMS privacy rating
Prepaid US phone numbers for sending and receiving SMS, paid in Monero, with access through a web app, command-line client or API. Operated by VoidNetwork LLC.
Summary
MoneroSMS scores 53 out of 100 (grade D) on the virtual phone numbers criteria. It meets 3 of 8 criteria: no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and TLS configuration. It partly meets open source. It does not meet independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade D.
Score 53 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Partial
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
GPL-3.0. Only part of the service is published.
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Yes
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The privacy terms list only operational data and server logs, with no analytics, and the website loads no trackers.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by prepaid Monero payments; the terms list no data sales or advertising.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report; the terms only state that data is shared to comply with valid legal demands.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A
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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade D (30/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.