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I guess Twitter hasn't ever heard of Google Voice. Or prepaid phone numbers. Or the concept of using a different IP address to register an account. This isn't
by aestetix 12y ago
I guess Twitter hasn't ever heard of Google Voice. Or prepaid phone numbers. Or the concept of using a different IP address to register an account.
This isn't even security theatre. This is like some seventh graders cosplaying security for their parents and calling it theatre.
- simplicio 12y agoEh, the idea obviously isn't to make it impossible to troll. Just to make it more trouble than its worth for some meaningful fraction of potential trolls.
- arfliw 12y agoCraigslist is pretty effective at stopping those types of evasion. They ban VOIP phone numbers, for instance.
- ceejayoz 12y ago> I guess Twitter hasn't ever heard of Google Voice. Or prepaid phone numbers. I've run into services that won't take either. They're in known blocks of numbers.