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Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification by tyingq on Monday January 16, 2017 @08:41AM (#13409883)
Not sure I understand the difference between renting a telephone number and renting a domain, or email address, or even a home address. All can be taken away for various reasons, failure to pay rent/renewal/mortgage, legal confiscations, etc.
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Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification by SomeStupidPoint on Monday January 16, 2017 @09:04AM (#13409995)
As far as I can tell, it's just a whine services don't let you use a preferred rented identity listing (that is arguably less tied to the real world).

There's not a lot of genuine security or legal analysis to be found here.

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Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification by herbst on Monday January 16, 2017 @11:23AM (#13410848)
Some other guy went a bit more into genuine security if thats your thing: https://www.devever.net/~hl/e164
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Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification by herbst on Monday January 16, 2017 @09:32AM (#13410134)
According to my telephone contract it can be taken at any time and i am not entitled to my telephone number. This is something you dont find with domains.
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Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification by tyingq on Monday January 16, 2017 @09:46AM (#13410218)
They can take your domain away, for example, if you fail to respond to an inquiry regarding invalid contact info. Anyone can initiate one of those inquiries. And, of course, there's the various domain name dispute policies at ICANN.
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Re:Phone numbers are not proper verification by herbst on Monday January 16, 2017 @10:04AM (#13410319)
I just checked for details. So far as i can tell its a long, costly and usually failing process to get a domain taken. VS. Just a random thought by a single entity to get your phone number taken.
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