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Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification by atemerev on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:09AM (#13408937)
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.

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Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification by herbst on Monday January 16, 2017 @04:14AM (#13408952)
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.

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