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Google does that too.
by GuB-42 5y ago
Google does that too.
- dzdt 5y agoTwitter also. You can create an account without a phone number but in about 2 weeks it is locked unless you supply and verify one.
- SketchySeaBeast 5y agoI got my account reported and locked on twitter and they would only unlock it if I supplied my phone number. Now I have no twitter and am honestly happier for it.
- diogenesjunior 5y agoYep. Main reason why I do not use Twitter. I'll stick to HN.
- croes 5y agoMy Twitter account got locked in about a minute.
- b0tzzzzzzman 5y agoTook about 5 for me.
- gentleman11 5y agoTook me a day
- pansa2 5y agoFacebook does exactly the same.
- Asooka 5y agoIn my case they accepted a shady Romanian SMS service account. Had to try several until one worked.
- tu7001 5y agoI have twitter without phone number, typing from Poland
- probably_wrong 5y agoThat's how I lost my GMail account - they demanded a telephone number so I relented and gave them mine, but they refuse to accept it. They won't take my work number either.
- saul_goodman 5y agoPhone numbers have become the new SSN tied to your physical identity. In most cases you have provide extremely detailed personal info to get a working phone number. There are probably still some ways crafty folks can get a working phone number without it being tied to your physical identity, but you must go way out of your way to do so. Privacy and freedom of speech are dead, long live the constitution.
- wyldfire 5y agoIt's frustrating for sure but the reason that they want a phone number is because it's an excellent key to join lots of independent records about you. The companies who ask for your phone number don't care if the phone company knows where you live. They don't even need to ask the phone company, all they have to do is join up with a vendor who you did disclose your address to. You can at least do yourself a mild favor and don't tell your phone number to all those brick n mortar companies who ask for it. "we'll never call you" -- of course they don't, they just want your individual identity to track you.
- dolmen 5y agoIt's at least an excellent key that they can provide to country authorities if they request one. That's also an excellent way to ensure the user juridiction based on the IP address and phone number country code for 99% of users.
- at-fates-hands 5y agoI've tried several privacy apps where you can set up phone numbers not attached to your identity and google refused to let me use any of them.
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