Comment on Big Tech Wants You Trapped. The Open Web Sets You Free
chaosCruiser@futurology.today 4 days agoBack in the old days, you could register an account without giving your phone number. Nowadays, pretty much all the big social medias won’t let you register an account without a number. I guess that’s not a big problem for people who don’t care about privacy, but for me that’s a total deal breaker.
knexcar@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yeah but who doesn’t have at least a cell phone these days (unless you’re making many accounts)? They’re useful for 2 factor authentication too.
chaosCruiser@futurology.today 4 days ago
Pretty much everyone has, but that’s not the problem here. What if you don’t really want to give them a unique identification number like that? What if you don’t want them them to know you that well? What if you’re not even planning to use your real name at all.