Spot on, “need a copy for blocking purposes” just preys on public computer illiteracy.[1] In the devil’s defense, the explanation was probably written by a com

Spot on, “need a copy for blocking purposes” just preys on public computer illiteracy.[1] In the devil’s defense, the explanation was probably written by a computer illiterate person. Then again, there may very well have been this one meeting, where a dev went “hold on, I got an idea to avoid storing the number!”, before being politely but briskly advised to stfu. Not impossible. [1] littera : illiteracy :: numera : innumeracy :: digita : ildigitacy? Iddigitacy?