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They want a phone number to make sure you're not a spammer taking over the account.
by glatisaint 4y ago
They want a phone number to make sure you're not a spammer taking over the account.
- codedokode 4y agoThen the message about someone else trying to get access to an account would be a lie. Also it is unclear how a phone number can prove that I am not a spammer. I think that just looking at a number of emails sent would be a better metric.
- userbinator 4y agoA spammer probably has many throwaway phone numbers to use, since they are likely to care much less about companies harvesting data anyway.