Cauchy2022

Is there some sort of a common pattern in the authentication and authorization problem of the digital service:

1. I can associate a phone number/email to a bunch of online services, but to unbind any specific one, I need to visit that specific website to put a request.

2. Especially for recycled phone number: it is nearly impossible for the new owner to unbind and clean the connection made by previous owner.

3. Cancel the recurring payment on your card. You either go through the service provider or call your bank/credit card issuer. However, it is usually more complicated compared to the moment when you clicked yes button.

It is super easy to start a digital service, while the other way around is not easy, and more than usual, hard as hell.

Yea on my Android app, pages such as Twitter and pdf cannot be loaded and displayed properly, and I have to open browser to see the actual content.

The Material app on Android. Loading pdf in app and it turns out that I can only see the first page followed by endless blank pages

Off-topic: Mobile version only loads the title page of the book and leaves all remaining pages blank. I thought that was the joke.

This is also my take on this issue. The company just wants to monetize on remote meeting and has no malicious intention on user privacy, but they just mess up the security from time to time. It is not sound that selling user data can make them better off.

Another infamous example is proctoru. Literally a spyware, but delivering a spyware requires much less effort (both intellectually and financially) compared to designing a product that makes security-savy customers happy.