Re:We Chat, They Watch
by DaiPlusPlus on Friday May 08, 2020 @03:03AM
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It’s a B2B service (“B2SB”?) - not targeting people/consumers - so it’s reasonable to assume they have a real phone number.
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Re:We Chat, They Watch
by JumpCrisscross on Friday May 08, 2020 @06:41AM
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> it’s reasonable to assume they have a real phone number
Just an anecdote, but I rarely give out my non-Google Voice number on sign-up forms. I don’t want my mobile in a database to be spammed.
If a phone number is required on sign-up, and my Google Voice doesn’t work, I usually pass. Whether for personal or commercial use.
Re:We Chat, They Watch
by AlchemistCamp on Friday May 08, 2020 @01:15PM
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I run a business. Why is it reasonable to assume the use of legacy phone numbers?
Re:We Chat, They Watch
by DaiPlusPlus on Saturday May 09, 2020 @10:28AM
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We target a particular subset of retail-customer businesses which all generally have a phone-number.
It's not reasonable. Voice is the only phone number I use and I use B2B services. If you prevented me from signing up I'd go to a competitor.
Re:We Chat, They Watch
by erik_seaberg on Friday May 08, 2020 @04:03AM
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Which mobile carriers do you support, if not Google Fi (which is mine)? Or only landlines (which barely exist at my day job)?