Comment on Do phone number requirements for account sign-ups effectively deter/mitigate spam?
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 months ago
Doubtful. Getting a temporary phone number is as easy as getting a temporary email address.
Comment on Do phone number requirements for account sign-ups effectively deter/mitigate spam?
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 months ago
Doubtful. Getting a temporary phone number is as easy as getting a temporary email address.
independantiste@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Which is also why most services that use phone number for user verification ban VoIP numbers, making this basically useless
Cinner@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Most email services require a phone number or other email service to sign up if there is anything fishy about your connection/browser (and there can be hundreds of things, even just some strange browser extension installed).
And there are services where you can buy a real temporary 4G/5G number (non-VoIP) for a service for less than a dollar per use. But that does add up after a while if you’re making tens of hundreds of thousands of accounts.