It's always surprising to see how willing people are to give up their phone number to use an app. It's not just Meta products. Telegram & ChatGPT too.
I'm afraid more services will go in this direction.
I'm afraid more services will go in this direction.
HN can only use less reliable identifiers (eg GeoIP) to link my account to other data. A phone number (potentially) connects me to more data about me.