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I don't understand how this post stacks up against the myriad of communications apps that not only require phone verification when creating a new profile (and m
by globie 1y ago
I don't understand how this post stacks up against the myriad of communications apps that not only require phone verification when creating a new profile (and maybe SMS2FA), but put great effort into blocking as many VoIP/burner/prepaid numbers as possible.
"Most"? maybe "a troubling few"?
Phone verification is absolutely a widely exploited data mining opportunity, I don't see how it's a red herring at all. It's one of the worst surveillance mechanisms we live with today, only partially waved away with the 2000's concept of burner numbers.
- PaulHoule 1y agoTo single out Meta properties, I'd point to both Instagram and WhatsApp. It was an official policy early on that you could only create a WhatsApp account if it was connected to a "real" cellular number, I think the same has been true about Instagram for a while in that every time I tried to create an account without a cellular number it didn't work. Put in a cellular number and it worked just fine.
- reginald78 1y agoLast time I tried to create a throwaway account for facebook it didn't actually ask for my mobile number. Just automatically banned me for being suspicious and then demanded a video of my head with no assurance that would actually help. I generally avoid meta but it seems like most craiglist sales have moved to facebook marketplace.