Comment on Activist platform StopICE denies breach after alleged hack raises alarm
solrize@lemmy.ml 3 days agoPhone # seems like a scary thing to collect. Also, visiting the web site reveals an IP address, maybe also not good. Wonder if there’s a more anonymous way to get the alerts out, like if some larger sites sent out alert geolocations along with regular web pages.
brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Eh, SMS could be a burner phone or virtual number but I sort of agree that the site could recommend people do that rather than entering their own real phone number if they want to sign up for optional SMS alerts. It’s probably one of those convenience vs privacy issues - how to enable non-tech savvy people to receive optional alerts if they choose to.
solrize@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
Burner phone still tracks the person everywhere. Yeah it’s hard. Too bad 1-way pagers are near extinct now.