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I always thought Google was trying to tie your gmail account back to a cell phone number so they could help end anonymity on the Internet. Or else give the inf
by hash-set 10y ago
I always thought Google was trying to tie your gmail account back to a cell phone number so they could help end anonymity on the Internet. Or else give the information to the NSA or something. I'm trusting Google less and less these days.
At the very least, Google should not have come out in favor of a particular Presidential candidate. Corporations have become incredibly powerful entities, able to affect the lives of all their employees and many others. If they can't wield this power ethically, they need to be shut down or we risk suffering under fascism.
- vonklaus 10y agoDon't understand the downvotes. Thought this was widely acknowledged.
- twr 10y agoIt's widely acknowledged by the paranoid. The reason why so many services started requiring a phone number at signup is that it's an extremely effective anti-spam technique. Of course, the paranoid people aren't necessarily wrong either.