Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech

Re:Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech by hn_throwaway_99 on Thursday January 30, 2025 @12:54PM (#42880202)

Dude, you're writing so much but not even reading. You write "But ok: try signing up for any service with SMS-based 2FA required; banks come to mind, many other online services."

I literally wrote in the first comment you replied to "But that just requires any cellphone that can text, and cell phones have been common for 25 years. Are there some specific examples of where you have to have a smartphone?" - and then you just give another example that just requires texting...

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Re:Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech by scarface_74 on Thursday January 30, 2025 @12:58PM (#42880253)

You realize that feature phones can receive texts don’t you?

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Re:Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech by hn_throwaway_99 on Thursday January 30, 2025 @01:24PM (#42880569)

Yes, re-read, that is my exact point.

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Re:Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech by inetknght on Thursday January 30, 2025 @05:35PM (#42882861)

> Dude, you're writing so much but not even reading

I did read what you said. You're clearly not reading what I am saying. Here, let me repeat it for you:

Try.

Signing.

Up.

To.

Anything.

Without.

Phone.

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Re:Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech by hn_throwaway_99 on Thursday January 30, 2025 @08:49PM (#42884044)

This has been the dumbest conversation I've ever had on HN.

I fully understand you need to a phone that accepts text messages. You don't seem to understand that phones that can accept text messages existed long before smartphones, you can still buy them, and they aren't the same thing.

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