Ask HN: Why are more and more websites asking for phone numbers?

Re:Ask HN: Why are more and more websites asking for phone n... by notbingo on Sunday April 02, 2017 @12:46PM (#14017776)

>works for me.

You guessed wrong. If I was trying to set up bots, why would I start blabbing about it on HN? Oh right, you assumed I'm like you.

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Re:Ask HN: Why are more and more websites asking for phone n... by popey456963 on Sunday April 02, 2017 @03:34PM (#14018588)

Calm down, personal insults aren't necessary. I have to admit I've had the same experience, don't know my phone number and don't carry it with me for the majority of the time and I've needed it twice so far. Once for a Twitter bot and once for a Telegram bot.

Never before have I been asked for a phone number that hasn't been optional from any other service (of which I have quite a few, LastPass counts about 2,200 of them).

(Of course, sometimes I do still take the optional road, two factor authentication is exceptionally nice).

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Re:Ask HN: Why are more and more websites asking for phone n... by tgragnato on Sunday April 02, 2017 @04:00PM (#14018745)

Many services support otp authentication and don't require a phone number for 2fa anymore.

facebook, google, dropbox, evernote, github, gitlab, amazon, ...

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