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How do they differentiate prepaid and postpaid phone numbers? Is there some way they can check with the provider for a given number? Seems less than ideal from
by aussieshibe 4y ago
How do they differentiate prepaid and postpaid phone numbers?
Is there some way they can check with the provider for a given number? Seems less than ideal from a privacy perspective.
- thn-gap 4y agoWhen they launched Overwatch 2, you couldn't play if you tried to verify your account with a prepaid phone. This was problematic since they closed Overwatch 1 servers (it's a paid, online only game) for Overwatch 2, a free to play game. Some people found themselves that they could no longer play the Overwatch franchise after having bought the $40 original game because of this. This was later rolled back and they allowed prepaid phones. So they can definitely distinguish them.
- daveoc64 4y agoThere are APIs that can provide that information.
- nixgeek 4y agoSomething like this is how many companies approach it: https://developer.telesign.com/enterprise/docs/phone-id-identity-attributes-subscriber-status https://developer.telesign.com/enterprise/docs/phone-id-iden...