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My phone number is a 10-digit number, the first 3 of which are an area code. It gets spam calls and texts (though that miraculously decreased on November 4th...
by neogodless 6y ago
My phone number is a 10-digit number, the first 3 of which are an area code. It gets spam calls and texts (though that miraculously decreased on November 4th...) as it is. Now, combined with browser fingerprinting, perhaps this site can tie my specific 10-digit number to some other aspects of who I am, but I'll leave that part as an exercise for a willing volunteer. I'm not terribly concerned about entering my phone number, disconnected from other identifying information, into a random web site.
Convince me why I should be!
- omgJustTest 6y agoTFA? If there is ever an exploit on phone codes, it will be massive. I removed my phone number as a TFA from most services within the last few days.
- deeblering4 6y ago2 factor sms authentication
- GormHouj 6y agoThe commenter is leery of entering their phone number into the article link.
- peteretep 6y ago1 factor of 2 factor auth is completely useless without any identity to tie it to
- deeblering4 6y agowe’re talking about the facebook data leak that associates a number to an identity.
- peteretep 6y agoWe’re talking about a website that allows you to enter a number to see if it’s in a leak. People are saying you shouldn’t put a number in there because if it’s not already in there, you are leaking some kind of privileged information. That’s not true.
- deeblering4 6y agoIf that's the case then please go ahead and post a comment containing your full phone number
- imgabe 6y agoKnowing the phone number doesn't mean you can get the texts that are sent to it.
- welder 6y agoDon't be so sure https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26468892 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26468892