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Given that I've 'verified' a US address based on a Skype number in Chicago I have whilst I am based in London, UK. Well... I wouldn't say that a phone number ve
by buro9 16y ago
Given that I've 'verified' a US address based on a Skype number in Chicago I have whilst I am based in London, UK. Well... I wouldn't say that a phone number verifies anything more than something can respond to the endpoint.
If you need real verification of a human and their identity, don't use phones for it. Especially not an automated phone system.
- johns 16y agoThere's a few reasons to do it: 1) Provide an additional time-consuming, potentially slightly costly and hard-to-automate barrier to negate spammers (like Gmail does during signup). 2) Verify that someone controls a number before using it as an interface to your app either through notifications or control (adding appointments or tasks, etc). Like you mention there's no way to use this method to verify someone is who they claim to be. But there aren't really any methods for this type of thing that can't be spoofed.