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I suspect that the reason for WhatsApp, Signal, Google & co's insistence on requiring a legacy phone number for account creation is that linking it to the user'
by liotier 3y ago
I suspect that the reason for WhatsApp, Signal, Google & co's insistence on requiring a legacy phone number for account creation is that linking it to the user's profile is the easiest and cheapest way to associate it to an individual person for legal compliance, linking it to a national jurisdiction.
- orangepurple 3y agoProbably makes your information easier to query in XKEYSCORE
- kyrra 3y agoYes it helps with KYC, but it also helps with fake accounts. People/groups that want to do fraudulent activity on Google have many of pre-created accounts to do their various schemes. It likely helps limit that. Plus, if an account is associated with a phone number, it will help with account takeover issues.