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The 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
by derbOac 4y ago
The 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.