Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification
by craigds on Monday January 16, 2017 @03:52AM
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I've had the same mobile number for the last fifteen years too. In NZ at least (not sure about other countries) it's trivial to take your number with you when you get a new SIM from any mobile provider. Though this wouldn't work across countries obviously.
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Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification
by hocuspocus on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:54AM
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As a developer in Europe, moving across countries isn't a particularly crazy pattern I believe :)
Also in some countries keeping your number isn't cheap. And even when it's technically easy, your phone plan might be provided by your employer, in this case it might be very tricky to get your number migrated when you change jobs.
Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification
by herbst on Monday January 16, 2017 @05:28AM
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And i highly assume we are a growing amount of people (remote working and actually moving). We may be a rare edge case now, but may aint in a few years anymore.
And yes keeping my phone number as it was would cost me $80/month. With a provider i hated like the pest.
Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification
by atemerev on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:09AM
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And I have changed (lost) around 10. People and their behavioral patterns are drastically different. (ADD sucks).
At least 2 of them are now reused and given to other people.
Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification
by herbst on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:14AM
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This so much. And you can probably dont even remember which services they are bound to. The service now probably sends "you" a SMS and the people realize they have access to something they should not have to. Just crazy IMO.
I rant about this for a while now, and many people say stuff like "you can just take your phone number with you". Its on par for me with "I have nothing to hide, why would i worry". Its just short sight and projecting personal use on the world.