Virtual phone numbers
SMSPool privacy rating
Paid service that rents one-time and longer-term non-VoIP phone numbers in many countries for receiving SMS verification codes. Operated by SMSPool B.V. in the Netherlands.
Summary
SMSPool scores 38 out of 100 (grade F) on the virtual phone numbers criteria. It meets 2 of 8 criteria: no ads or data sales and TLS configuration. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry and security headers. It does not meet open source, independent audit, transparency report and tells users about requests. It is based in the Netherlands: Nine Eyes member; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+ and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B.
Score 38 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Partial
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?
No advertising trackers. The privacy policy names Cloudflare analytics, which is on by default.
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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 purchases; the privacy policy states user information is not sold or shared for marketing.
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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 privacy policy only says law enforcement can request data within reasonable demand.
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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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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B (75/100+)
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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.