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Re:XCancel suspended "due to a new development in the ongoin... by captainbadass33 on Monday September 14, 2026 @01:19PM (#49700537)
dared to use twitter with only an anonymous email is my guess. musk demands you phone and biometrics
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Re:XCancel suspended "due to a new development in the ongoin... by declan_roberts on Monday September 14, 2026 @03:13PM (#49702366)
Phone number requirement was thankfully removed some time after Musk took over.
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Re:XCancel suspended "due to a new development in the ongoin... by mitxela on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @03:02AM (#49708788)
Right now you need either a phone number or an actual phone (hardware ID) plus email
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Re:XCancel suspended "due to a new development in the ongoin... by declan_roberts on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @11:20AM (#49713903)
Exactly. A passcode and email is significantly more privacy-forward than a phone number. A leaked passcode hash is meaningless on the internet and can't be used to triangulate you.
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