BeamBrain [he/him]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agoMy personal conspiracy theory: the reason so many sites and services push for mandatory 2FA nowadays is to have an excuse to harvest phone numbers.message-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down10
arrow-up176arrow-down1message-squareMy personal conspiracy theory: the reason so many sites and services push for mandatory 2FA nowadays is to have an excuse to harvest phone numbers.BeamBrain [he/him]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareFuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·7 months agoyes that and the fact that phone numbers are more difficult to create and keep compared to emails. you can have a hundred gmail accounts but you can’t have 100 SIM cards (yes there are VOIP numbers but those cost money too).
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·7 months agoAnd companies frequently prohibit VOIP numbers from being used for 2fa.
yes that and the fact that phone numbers are more difficult to create and keep compared to emails. you can have a hundred gmail accounts but you can’t have 100 SIM cards (yes there are VOIP numbers but those cost money too).
And companies frequently prohibit VOIP numbers from being used for 2fa.