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Comment by porridgeraisin | original | Tether: iMessage, SMS, etc. on Linux
[−]porridgeraisin · 2026-08-29 Sat 17:26 UTC · link
I use whatsapp primarily, so no tethering needed, but SMS of course for one-time passwords and the like. I didn't want to open my phone for that. So I had a coding agent write an android background app for me that listens for SMS and forwards it to a discord server, and side loaded it. So now I get a discord notif on my laptop with the OTP.
[−]internet_points · 2026-08-29 Sat 18:25 UTC · link
there is also kde connect (or valent for the gnome UI)
[−]dwedge · 2026-08-29 Sat 22:06 UTC · link
WhatsApp has started hiding otps sent to linked devices
[−]Marsymars · 2026-08-29 Sat 23:53 UTC · link
Google Messages also does that, though it seems to be some opt-in setting for the sender, probably related to RCS?
[−]porridgeraisin · 2026-08-30 Sun 07:42 UTC · link
Yep, but I mostly get SMS OTPs. Whatsapp is all the other messages