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Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification by Freak_NL on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:02AM (#13408910)
Steam does this as well. Even if you add your phone number after a lot of nagging, Steam still keeps bothering you to install their Android or IOS authenticator software (even if you can't). I wish Steam would consider Fido U2F as well, but getting through to anyone who can influence this at Valve is nigh impossible.

It seems to be the industry status quo now to assume that everyone uses a smartphone running either Android or IOS, and that everyone wants to use that device for authentication. Meanwhile the tech giants (especially those involved in advertising) probably like having that nice unique alphanumerical identifier for your profile — it tends to be the same for all services you use.

I really hope Fido U2F becomes a de facto alternative for 2FA.

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Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification by Jordrok on Monday January 16, 2017 @12:28PM (#13411383)
Yeah, I just ran into something similar a few days ago. Every once in a while I used to go through all my trading cards and bulk sell all my duplicates for a few cents each, but apparently now they require you to use some combination of SMS and mobile app authentication to post anything on the market. Clicking through the confirmation email they send you isn't enough on its own.

So now I just don't bother with trading cards at all.

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Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification by Freak_NL on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @09:43AM (#13417901)
My experience exactly. I used to sell those silly cards the moment I got them, just to get a little extra balance in my Steam account for the next purchase. Now I just ignore them; selling them is way to much of a hassle to be worth the €0,05 you get for a card. (Who buys those things anyway? Weird market.)
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Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification by herbst on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:48AM (#13409084)
Steam, at least, does not seem to have a issue sending me emails. Sure it annoys me to use their app or whatever, but i can choose to only receive emails. Which is really all i actually want :)

But i agree on everything said

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