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Stopped using Twitter when they demanded a phone number. Turns out I was right about why they wanted it: https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2
by O__________O 4y ago
Stopped using Twitter when they demanded a phone number.
Turns out I was right about why they wanted it:
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/05/ftc-charges-twitter-deceptively-using-account-security-data-sell-targeted-ads https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/05/...
- ta988 4y agoSame here. And the worst is that they made much much more than what they will ever be fined. We can see the same with Uber and other brigand "tech" companies.
- retcon 4y agoAnd the fines fund the pseudo regulatory bodies in reward for not regulating.
- njarboe 4y agoThat really annoyed me to so I refused, complained, and they allowed me to login again with just my Twitter Id and password. A bit of a pain, but I was pleasantly surprised.
- BaseballPhysics 4y agoAnd yet here I am using Twitter without supplying a phone number...