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It might have some PR speak sprinkled, but it’s genuinely good advice, put more bluntly: “We can screw up, if it’s important enough for you to stay anonymous y
by strulovich 4y ago
It might have some PR speak sprinkled, but it’s genuinely good advice, put more bluntly:
“We can screw up, if it’s important enough for you to stay anonymous you should get a separate phone number and email”
That is a good tip with every company. If you want better security, have less trust in the services you’re using.
This goes to what victim blaming is. Yes. It would be great if the victim lived in a better world. But sometimes extra caution could help them now without waiting for the entire world to change.
- sneak 4y agoIn Germany and other countries you have to show government ID to get a GSM number. Phone numbers are like bank accounts: strongly linked to official name and identity. This advice is bullshit.
- croes 4y agoBut you can abandon a number after you registered on Twitter. Doesn't help against agencies but against scrappers
- vlovich123 4y agoDoesn't that make account takeovers easy?
- croes 4y agoMy social media accounts are all disposable, so it doesn't really matter to me.
- vlovich123 4y agoSure. You understand how that's not necessarily the case for many other people, right?
- lynndotpy 4y agoMy very recent experience contradicts this. I removed my number and was immediately locked out until I added it back.
- jrockway 4y agoI don't think you tell Twitter that you canceled your cell phone contract. They don't need to know.
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- soperj 4y agoThey mean you can get a different phone number, not remove it from twitter.
- lynndotpy 4y agoAh, I misunderstood that comment entirely. This makes more sense
- voxl 4y agoThere is an exceptional difference you left out. In criminal situations, the criminal is punished, there is a deterrent. What is the deterrent here? Without a deterrent, there is a moral failure.