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I think a part of the problem is that some companies aren't very transparent with how they're using your phone number. In my case I do want my bank to have my p
by jbarberu 8y ago
I think a part of the problem is that some companies aren't very transparent with how they're using your phone number. In my case I do want my bank to have my phone number, in case they need to contact me. I would rather they don't use it as a second factor (which I never knowingly agreed to) and I absolutely don't want to be able to reset my password over SMS.
The yahoo example is horrifying.
- PunksATawnyFill 8y agoWhat about the idiotic policy of requiring you to use an E-mail address as your user ID? Apple is going BACKWARD on this amateur-hour practice, now requiring your Apple ID not only to be an E-mail address... but a WORKING one. Stupid: https://goldmanosi.blogspot.com/2012/06/forcing-people-to-use-e-mail-address-as.html https://goldmanosi.blogspot.com/2012/06/forcing-people-to-us...
- wool_gather 8y agoIf you're going to be forced to use an email address as an ID, which I agree is poor practice, you'd definitely want it to be an operational one that is under your control. Otherwise you're leaving an opening for someone else to come along later, set up that address, and take over your account.