Stop using phone numbers for authentification purposes
So i became a "DigitalNomad" what this means is that i change countries and need Internet. Therefore changing SIM cards every other month.
To make this even worse i lost the sim card i had the years before. As it was deactivated anyway i lost the number forever...
... and with that access to dozens of accounts.
Its about 1 month since and Github are the only who were able to simply help me.
* Google does not let me set security questions before i set a telephone number. Which i cant, because if i loose access i know google wont help (see recent discussions)
* Coinbase somehow fucked something up in their number changing progress with Authy. Support is turning circles with me
* My bank accounts are basically inaccessible. Sure i could call them (toll call) every other month to change my phone number ...
* My credit card locked me out and was not able to call me back on a thai number. Needed to lie to them by let someone else call to change the number.
Now i cant even setup 2FA anymore because telephone number does not make sense, and Authy is based on the telephone numbers as well.
When did a phone number become a personal identification? What about the guy that buys my old number? Seriously we need a better solution than this!
Github let me use my SSH key to confirm my identity, why cant others do things like that? I mean i control my SSH key, i never actually controlled my phone number.
(Sorry for the rant)