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Terms and Conditions

The terms that govern access to and use of the SMSX website.

Acceptance of these terms

These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your access to and use of the SMSX website and its features. By accessing or using the website, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our related policies, including our Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Acceptable Use Policy, and Disclaimer, which are incorporated by reference. If you do not agree, please do not use the website.

You may use the website only if it is lawful for you to do so in your location, and only if you have the legal capacity to enter into these Terms. If you use the website on behalf of an organization, you confirm that you are authorized to accept these Terms for that organization.

What SMSX provides

SMSX provides a public, informational directory of phone-number information and publicly received message activity, intended for education, research, and testing purposes. It helps people understand how SMS verification and one-time codes work.

The numbers listed are public and shared. They are not private lines, and SMSX is not a telecommunications carrier, messaging provider, or account-verification service.

What we do not promise

  • That any specific temporary number will be online, reachable, or able to receive SMS at a given moment.
  • That any particular message will arrive, arrive intact, or arrive within a certain time.
  • That availability indicators, country coverage, timing, or recent success figures are complete or current at the exact second you read them.
  • That a public number will be accepted by any third-party platform you are testing against.

Your responsibilities

You are solely responsible for how you use the website and for any consequences of that use. Never send private information, financial details, or a verification code for an account that matters to you to a public number, because anyone can read messages sent to public numbers.

You are responsible for ensuring that your intended use complies with applicable laws and with the terms of any third-party platform you interact with. SMSX does not authorize you to bypass another service's rules, terms, or security controls, and nothing on the site should be understood as encouraging you to do so.

You must keep any credentials you use to access administrative or restricted areas confidential and are responsible for activity that occurs under them.

Prohibited conduct

The Acceptable Use Policy sets out the full list of restrictions. In summary, you agree not to:

  • Access accounts without authorization, or commit or facilitate fraud or impersonation.
  • Harass, threaten, or endanger any person, or distribute spam, malware, or other harmful code.
  • Collect, publish, or misuse other people's personal information.
  • Probe, disrupt, or defeat the security or access controls of the website.
  • Place an unreasonable load on our infrastructure, or scrape substantial portions of the directory without prior written permission.
  • Use the website for any activity that is illegal in your jurisdiction or that violates the rights of others.

Consequences

We may restrict access, remove content, or take other action we consider appropriate to protect the service and its users. We may report serious or unlawful activity to the appropriate authorities.

Public content, moderation, and reports

Public message content may originate from third parties and is displayed as received, subject to processing. We may mask obvious secrets such as one-time codes, moderate, classify, filter, or remove content, but we cannot guarantee that every harmful, unlawful, or sensitive item will be detected or removed immediately or at all.

You should not rely on the accuracy, legality, or appropriateness of any public content. If you believe content infringes your rights, exposes personal information, or violates our policies, please follow the removal or copyright process. Submitting a report does not guarantee a specific outcome, but each sufficiently detailed request will be reviewed.

Intellectual property

The SMSX name, logo, design, original text, graphics, software, and the selection and arrangement of the site are owned by SMSX or its licensors and are protected by intellectual-property laws. Except as expressly permitted, you may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or create derivative works from the website without permission.

Third-party names, logos, and trademarks shown on the site belong to their respective owners and are used only descriptively to indicate the kind of message a number may receive. Their appearance does not imply any affiliation with, sponsorship by, or endorsement from those parties.

Third-party links and services

The website may reference or link to third-party websites, platforms, or services that we do not control. We provide these references for convenience and information only.

We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, policies, or practices of any third party. Your dealings with third parties are solely between you and them, and are governed by their terms and policies.

Availability and changes to the service

We may add, modify, suspend, limit, or discontinue any part of the website at any time, with or without notice. We may also restrict or terminate access for any user to protect the service, other users, or third parties, or to comply with law.

We may revise these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will update the effective date. Your continued use of the website after revised Terms are posted constitutes acceptance of the changes to the extent permitted by law.

Disclaimers

The website and all information on it are provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis, without warranties of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all express and implied warranties, including warranties of accuracy, availability, reliability, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement.

We do not warrant that the website will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, that defects will be corrected, or that any number, status, timing, or message is accurate or reliable. Your use of the website is at your own risk.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, SMSX and its operators, owners, and contributors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, profits, goodwill, or reputation, arising out of or relating to your use of, or inability to use, the website or any content, including reliance on public numbers or public messages.

To the extent liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of these limitations may not apply to you.

Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless SMSX and its operators from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, and reasonable expenses arising out of your misuse of the website, your violation of these Terms or applicable law, or your infringement of the rights of any third party.

General terms

If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of our right to enforce it later.

These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and SMSX regarding the website and supersede any prior agreements on that subject.

If you have questions about these Terms, contact us at support@smsx.app.