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Kiro on Sept 6, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Does Instagram suspend accounts just to ge...

In my country phone numbers are public information so not really giving up much.

tric on Sept 6, 2023 [–]

The problem is with linking the account/activity with your identity.

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.

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