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> Why would my phone number be any of their business? Preventing abuse? It's much harder to create a throwaway phone number than a throwaway email address. >
by jonas21 2y ago
> Why would my phone number be any of their business?
Preventing abuse? It's much harder to create a throwaway phone number than a throwaway email address.
> OpenAI does the logical thing. Let's me enter my credit card and I'm good to go. I will stay with them.
You'd rather hand over your credit card than your phone number? I think most people would see it the other way around.
- rcstank 2y agoCredit card is easily changed. Phone number is much more difficult.
- whywhywhywhy 2y agoNot difficult at all for anyone actually wanting to abuse it
- behnamoh 2y agoYou shouldn't have to want to abuse something for it to be inappropriate to be asked.
- whywhywhywhy 2y agoI agree just debunking the excuse that's always wheeled out for this overreach.
- crazygringo 2y agoYou credit card is also easily charged. Your phone number isn't. What is a company going to do with your phone number that you're worried about...?
- brendoelfrendo 2y ago> You'd rather hand over your credit card than your phone number? You know, that was my first reaction, too. But really, my phone number is much more integral to my identity. I can cancel or change a credit card number pretty trivially and then it's useless to you.
- pseudocomposer 2y agoMany credit card companies make it easy to generate one-off card numbers/“virtual cards” you can use to subscribe to services that are hard to cancel or otherwise questionable (so you can cancel just the card you used for that company).