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People that have an internet connection but no phone number? I think you're in the minority of the minority there.
by tommoor 10y ago
People that have an internet connection but no phone number? I think you're in the minority of the minority there.
- dom0 10y agomobile
- detaro 10y agoHave none? Probably not that many (although Flickr probably is comparatively interesting for a large part of that demographic). Willing to share with a random service on the other hand...
- criley2 10y agoIt's a security measure which protects the unlimited storage feature, among other things. What if someone wants to use random burner accounts to store gigabytes of child pornography? That's a lot harder to achieve if they have to buy a burner mobile phone for each account, and each burner phone has the potential to be tracked to the point of sale to use video and other techniques to catch the predator. Mobile number verification is a very cheap and powerful way to cut out the vast majority of bad actors.
- bigbugbag 10y agoPhone number requirements is a very effective tool of surveillance and surveillance capitalism but it's also incredibly effective at keeping potential users out of your business. Have a look at the popularity of online services providing phone numbers for verification purpose.
- criley2 10y ago"Have a look at the popularity of online services providing phone numbers for verification purpose." Sure. Let's see, Facebook requires phone number verification: https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-networks-ranked-by-number-of-users/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-net... Facebook is #1 most popular social network. Okay, WhatsApp is #2 service: Requires Phone Number verification Youtube, #3: No phone number verification, service is full of fake accounts, trolling, bigotry, and state propaganda and is seen as one of the worst communities in internet history #4: Facebook Messenger: Phone Number Verification #5: WeChat: Phone Number Verification #6: QQ: Optional phone verification, but operated under am authoritarian government which strictly regulates user bases, use of networks, messages made, etc. (AKA they hire armies of people to manually monitor and police the service) Perhaps I'm failing to see your point...?
- dorkygator 10y agoyahoo doesn't accept voip numbers for signup. I moved my mobile number to a voip provider and got a data only plan because it is way cheaper. I have hit a few roadblocks here and there, but end up saving 50% on my phone bill.
- iamthepieman 10y agoI have a phone number, just not a "mobile" one or whatever that means to yahoo's verification setup.
- rocky1138 10y agoMany telephone companies will read texts aloud if sent to a landline number. Sometimes I text my parents that way.
- bigbugbag 10y agoI'm pretty sure the majority on the planet does not have a phone number. Anyways do you think it is a sound business practice to refuse minorities because they are minorities ? Long tail says otherwise. After a few years of having my own internet access I got rid of the now irrelevant phone number, in the recent years it started to become a requirement for surveillance capitalism reasons and services that provide phone numbers for registration or verification started popping up right and left.
- upvotinglurker 10y ago"[World Bank] Report Says 75 Percent Of World's Population Have Mobile Phones" http://www.rferl.org/a/report-says-75-percent-of-worlds-population-have-mobile-phones/24648234.html http://www.rferl.org/a/report-says-75-percent-of-worlds-popu...