> No personal information is required to create your secure email account. Except your phone number? That's highly personal. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?

> No personal information is required to create your secure email account. Except your phone number? That's highly personal. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28428092 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28428092 (I recall encountering this too when creating an account a few months ago.)