Sure, but unless I’m the CEO of those places (and in case there was any question, I’m not) I can’t do shit about it if I need to use whatever service it is. I can email all I want to, I’m not like a respected security researcher or anything I’m just some dickhead with an account.
I didn’t expect you to do anything about it. Was just emphasizing that 2FA is not a legitimate reason to require a phone number, that’s all.
edit: I think I might have been a bit ambiguous: people who use as in “implement it into their authentication procedures” are the idiots, not the people those idiots are forcing to give up their phone number.
I agree for sure. Especially after having so many sent to my old phone number lmao. I have one government thing I can’t even sign up for because “they don’t have a record of me at (current number)” and what am I supposed to do, text my old number “hey bro this used to be my number can you text me the verification code you just received real quick?” It’s madness!
Sure, but unless I’m the CEO of those places (and in case there was any question, I’m not) I can’t do shit about it if I need to use whatever service it is. I can email all I want to, I’m not like a respected security researcher or anything I’m just some dickhead with an account.
I didn’t expect you to do anything about it. Was just emphasizing that 2FA is not a legitimate reason to require a phone number, that’s all.
edit: I think I might have been a bit ambiguous: people who use as in “implement it into their authentication procedures” are the idiots, not the people those idiots are forcing to give up their phone number.
I agree for sure. Especially after having so many sent to my old phone number lmao. I have one government thing I can’t even sign up for because “they don’t have a record of me at (current number)” and what am I supposed to do, text my old number “hey bro this used to be my number can you text me the verification code you just received real quick?” It’s madness!