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When people suggested phone 2fa was a data collection scheme they were hushed and called tinfoils.
by a_imho 8y ago
When people suggested phone 2fa was a data collection scheme they were hushed and called tinfoils.
- Freak_NL 8y agoPeople still do that when you point out that using a phone number as a required identifier (WhatsApp, Signal, etc.) gives every 'free' service a near perfect unique identifier that's the same for all services used by that person. Ideal for cross-service collation. Who wants a social security number when you've got someone's phone number?
- baarkerlounger 8y agoExcept that a phone number is as quickly and easily disposable and changeable as an email address or any other identifier?
- probably_wrong 8y agoWhile I share the sentiment, I think I should be fair to HN: according to a quick search I've just performed, I brought up the topic 4 times in comments over 3 years, and those comments have scores of 7, -4, 16, and 3 [1][2][3][4]. So saying that I was "hushed and called tinfoil" would not be fair to HN. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17515029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17515029 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14105696 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14105696 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12782158 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12782158 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9804876 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9804876