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Well, I think the argument (whether you buy it or not) would be that platforms like Twitter and Facebook are trying to curtail abuse and bots, and "owning a pho
by gkoberger 7y ago
Well, I think the argument (whether you buy it or not) would be that platforms like Twitter and Facebook are trying to curtail abuse and bots, and "owning a phone number" is a decent way to tell if someone's human. To my knowledge, neither has ever texted or used the phone numbers for anything other than verification.
- londons_explore 7y agoExcept with number porting and the ability to be allocated hundreds of thousands of phone numbers by filling in a bit of paperwork, the whole thing seems moot.
- aristus 7y agoAhem: https://www.engadget.com/2018/09/28/facebook-two-factor-phone-numbers-ads/ https://www.engadget.com/2018/09/28/facebook-two-factor-phon...
- jeromegv 7y agoBoth can be true. I tried to open an anonymous Facebook account. Could never succeed. My twilio number was refused. I couldn’t give my normal phone because it’s already associated with my other Facebook account. They do want to limit the number of accounts per person even if that meant more accounts to advertise.