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Twitter doesn't let me DM people who don't follow me because I haven't provided a cell phone number. I refuse to give it, mostly on principle. I send messages v
by gnicholas 4y ago
Twitter doesn't let me DM people who don't follow me because I haven't provided a cell phone number. I refuse to give it, mostly on principle. I send messages very rarely and am clearly not a bot. When did demanding a phone number become OK to access basic elements of a service? This happens even when I try to DM people whose DMs are open.
- Vladimof 4y agoGoogle forced me to give a phone number to verify my 10+ year old account, not because I forgot my password, but because they want all your information (I think that they buy ID info from the phone companies)... and I don't even use any kind of 2FA...
- outoftheabyss 4y agoDid the same to me. Refused to give it, luckily I only used it for YouTube, lost the 100 odd channels I subscribed to and my playlists and that was about it. Use an RSS reader now to track my favourite channels
- derbOac 4y agoThe one time I tried to make a Twitter account it locked me out "due to suspicious activity" and then later required me to provide a phone number. I never even made a post or really finished entering account information. So it seems it's now basically required for an account period. I was outraged and agree with you. It also takes on a new cast in light of this FTC action.
- Spivak 4y agoWell creating a new account is the strongest signal someone is a spammer /j
- b1n 4y agoGot locked out of facebook for 'suspicious activity' as I was logging in to permanently close account. Only way to log in now is to provide them with a scan of my passport or drivers license. ...
- derbOac 4y agoAmazon did that with me for reasons I do not understand (again, unspecified "suspicious activity"). When I sent them scans of my driver's license they concluded they were too blurry. I'm not sure how I could send them a higher resolution scan over fax, which is what they required (the scans also seemed pretty clear to me and others I showed it to as a sanity check).
- beeboop 4y agoTwitter requires a phone number, they just don't require one at sign-up. This is a known pattern they do with every single account - you have to provide a phone number at some point. If you ever log in with a VPN, they may also require a number to even access your account at all.