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assigning accounts to numbers is the dumbest thing. I remember when I got a new phone number a few years ago I managed to login into someone else's venmo accoun
by baby 4y ago
assigning accounts to numbers is the dumbest thing. I remember when I got a new phone number a few years ago I managed to login into someone else's venmo account. Numbers are like dynamic IPs, why would anyone use this to authenticate you is beyond me.
- hammyhavoc 4y agoYes, it's a horribly dated idea, as-is receiving any kind of 2FA code via SMS.
- dublinben 4y ago>Numbers are like dynamic IPs Maybe for you. For other people who have had the same phone number for years or decades, they're the one of the most persistent forms of communication or identification available.
- int_19h 4y agoThe ability to transfer phone numbers when changing mobile provides has been around for a very long time in US, but it wasn't the case in some other countries until recently.
- baby 4y agoEven then personally I moved abroad so many times that it just doesn't make sense to use phone numbers. Not everyone stays in the same place all their life