You act like those aren’t the reasons my number is getting changed.
Good luck getting all your 2FA changed on all your accounts. Good luck updating all your friends and family. Good luck informing every company you do business with.
Eezyville@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
dog_@lemmy.world 10 months ago
IMHO, you shouldn’t use your phone number for 2FA anyways.
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I agree, but usually don’t have an option.
xthexder@l.sw0.com 10 months ago
I avoid this wherever possible, because the only reason to do it is to track you more. It’s expensive and more complicated to set up than app 2fa which is free to operate.
dog_@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Fair ig.
ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Looks like a USA problem.
Idk about 2FA, but updating friends and family is insanely easy on most messaging platforms. I can update my phone number and then WhatsApp or Telegram will prompt those who chat with me that I’ve changed my number and they can switch to that number for chatting.
As for contacting businesses, this seems like a personal situation, since I contact companies via the above messaging apps. So they will receive a notification about my updated number.
I’ll verify if this is optional, so we can choose if people get that notice…