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This is a readily solvable problem i.e. the only phone number I use/give online is a VOIP# that just redirects to voicemail immediately (and blocks the call if
by canada_dry 5y ago
This is a readily solvable problem i.e. the only phone number I use/give online is a VOIP# that just redirects to voicemail immediately (and blocks the call if it's on my SPAMMER list of persistent annoyances).
For friends/family they have my cell# and it only lets calls through if they're in my contacts.
- dhimes 5y agoHow much does your VOIP cost?
- canada_dry 5y agoI use voip.ms and is pay-as-you-go so it's nominal e.g. $1-2/mnth. It allows setting up all sorts of call handling rules (time-of-day, CID lists, call trees).
- jrootabega 5y agoEven though it should not be, this approach is a luxury that can only be afforded by those who do not need to take live calls from previously-unknown numbers. Job hunters, medical patients, etc.
- Semaphor 5y agoIt’s readily solvable not to require a phone number to add a TOTP app.
- sirclueless 5y agoThe point isn't to authenticate control of an account, it's to tie the account to some kind of expensive-to-replicate real-world cost, ideally one that most potential customers are already paying for. Phone numbers are nice because the marginal cost to a customer is low (they probably already have one) while the marginal cost to a bad actor is high (it's expensive to acquire many of them or to change one once it's been identified as malicious).
- Semaphor 5y agoMy current phone contract: 3.99€/month My current twitch subscriptions: 11.97€/month I can’t really see how they need my phone number to make it too expensive to be a bot. And if that is the thing, then that’d makes them even more shady, claiming it’s for account security when it’s for their bit protection.