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No it isn't. You give it to people you trust mostly you don't expect them to make it available publicly on the Internet.
by beezlewax 1y ago
No it isn't. You give it to people you trust mostly you don't expect them to make it available publicly on the Internet.
- paxys 1y agoYou really trust that not a single friend of yours has ever clicked the "share contacts" button after downloading Facebook/Instagram/Snapchat/LinkedIn/TikTok...? You trust that your auto dealer or bank has not shared your details with Experian (even though you signed a piece of paper explicitly authorizing that)? You trust that your mobile operator itself isn't sharing your contact data with advertisers (go back and read your carrier agreement)? You trust that your grocery store's membership system has fool-proof IT security? Look up "recent data breaches" on Google and see how many of those companies/hospitals/government agencies you had a relationship with. I can guarantee that despite your best efforts and "trust" your phone number is accessible in a few clicks to anyone who cares to look.
- xp84 1y agoI feel like both sides are right here: 1. Google shouldn't make it trivial to find out my phone number from my email. Given that even Google itself, despite having better technology available, still allows the dumpster that is SMS verification to be used as an auth "factor," they should not be enabling SIM-swapping so directly. Just knowing someone's number makes it trivial to social engineer a SIM-swap, and that can likely unlock every account most people have, and a lot of important accounts (like banks) even for security-minded people, since banks love SMS and hate everything else. 2. I shouldn't act like my phone number is a well-protected secret, or trust that anyone who calls or texts me has gotten it from a trusted source.