As a business owner I can attest that a phone number equals a bank account. Daily we receive phone calls that are designed to trick the unwary into agreeing to

As a business owner I can attest that a phone number equals a bank account. Daily we receive phone calls that are designed to trick the unwary into agreeing to being billed for worthless services. After the third or so time an employee had been conned into a free website deal or a listing in a worthless business directory. I called my phone provider in a rage and demanded a third party billing block. To which they replied, "No problem sir, most people don't even know we offer that service." Obviously the phone company gets a cut and for that reason are happy to act at middlemen. One would think that an honest broker would require you to opt in to the system, rather than merely providing a virtually unknown opt out option. Facebook is doing the same thing as the telcos, for their cut.