Re:The IAB loves tracking users. But it hates users tracking...
by account42 on Monday January 23, 2023 @07:02AM
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Advertising and tracking a bigger problems than spam IMO.
The most ridiculous part of this phone-verification BS is that many companies (e.g. Twitter, Discord) let you create an account without it but will then demand a number at some point later. This only hurts real users because spammers can just switch IPs and create a new account that they can use for a while.
> Google Voice will give you one for free
And what information do you have to give Google for that number so that you can avoid giving your phone number to Google?
The most ridiculous part of this phone-verification BS is that many companies (e.g. Twitter, Discord) let you create an account without it but will then demand a number at some point later. This only hurts real users because spammers can just switch IPs and create a new account that they can use for a while.
> Google Voice will give you one for free
And what information do you have to give Google for that number so that you can avoid giving your phone number to Google?