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Sites which require your phone number

submitted by ZombieNation to AskUpgoat 1.7 yearsOct 7, 2023 10:44:43 ago (+10/-0)     (AskUpgoat)

Legitimate security? Or a conspiracy for glowies to more easily track you?


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[ - ] Portmanure 12 points 1.7 yearsOct 7, 2023 10:50:11 ago (+12/-0)

Your phone number has value, the website collecting it can sell it.

[ - ] deleted 9 points 1.7 yearsOct 7, 2023 10:51:20 ago (+9/-0)*

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[ - ] TheOriginal1Icemonkey 1 point 1.7 yearsOct 7, 2023 22:50:40 ago (+1/-0)

Yep, I will fully forgo the advertised saving to not give them my info. It’s $20, but it’s $15 with my number? Nope, here’s my $20. Fuck off.

[ - ] Greskibon 0 points 1.7 yearsOct 7, 2023 14:39:11 ago (+0/-0)

Some people don't know how to respond. They kind of short circuit. I have a fake number I give out. They don't care, they are trained then prompted by the machine to ask. It's easier to just give out fake info then it is to explain my position to someone that doesn't care.

[ - ] nipo 1 point 1.7 yearsOct 7, 2023 14:58:23 ago (+1/-0)

If you use the same phone number consistently, you are giving them profile data. All it takes is one link in the chain to tie it to your identity, then they got you.

[ - ] deleted 0 points 1.7 yearsOct 8, 2023 01:25:04 ago (+0/-0)

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[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 3 points 1.7 yearsOct 7, 2023 10:51:42 ago (+3/-0)

They want to be able to ID you, and target you for a variety of different things.

It could be for their own personal Advertising-Marketing, selling your info to data miners, or to take legal action against you for something you could do on their service-website.

None of which could be good IMHO.

[ - ] x0x7 1 point 1.7 yearsOct 7, 2023 16:43:12 ago (+1/-0)

Largely the second, but there is a hint of legitimacy to the first.

It's really security for them. It makes it harder for someone to register 1000 accounts and bot their platform.

[ - ] bonghits4jeebus 1 point 1.7 yearsOct 7, 2023 15:55:13 ago (+1/-0)

It's to avoid you too easily making additional accounts. However, you can change the number on a burner several times a month -- just not infinitely.

[ - ] Conspirologist 1 point 1.7 yearsOct 7, 2023 15:42:39 ago (+2/-1)

If it's 2 factor autentification for accounts you don't want to be hacked, it's legitimate. If they are asking for phone number with no need, it's a scam.

[ - ] nipo 1 point 1.7 yearsOct 7, 2023 14:57:07 ago (+1/-0)

Rent a temporary phone number using buttcoin from textverified.com for these sites, or don't use them.

[ - ] yesiknow 1 point 1.7 yearsOct 7, 2023 12:16:56 ago (+1/-0)



I give my number to nobody I don't know, other than official shit, and I change my number without telling them. Yet I get shit fuck you trash calls every day.

[ - ] gimpyoldman 1 point 1.7 yearsOct 7, 2023 10:50:03 ago (+1/-0)

Yes, even stores that ask for your number. They sell their customers lists. Soon you'll get several calls a day about your car warranty about to expire, and numerous charities. When asked I give the non-emergency number for my local sheriffs department.

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind 0 points 1.7 yearsOct 7, 2023 14:05:45 ago (+0/-0)

it’s became fashionable as millennials couldn’t use email.