Re:Twitter forces all new users to enter a valid phone number
by 1024core on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @10:23AM
(#19492104)
> Your only choice as individual user is to leave the platform.
For some platforms, even this is not an option. Case in point: LinkedIn (owned by Microsoft). I get "friend" suggestions about a friend that I know is not on LinkedIn. He's absolutely social-media averse, and would never be on LinkedIn (or FB, for that matter). But LinkedIn continues to claim that I can connect with him.
How did they get his email address? Because some third person (who emailed both of us) probably shared his contacts with LinkedIn.
For some platforms, even this is not an option. Case in point: LinkedIn (owned by Microsoft). I get "friend" suggestions about a friend that I know is not on LinkedIn. He's absolutely social-media averse, and would never be on LinkedIn (or FB, for that matter). But LinkedIn continues to claim that I can connect with him.
How did they get his email address? Because some third person (who emailed both of us) probably shared his contacts with LinkedIn.