> With the continued push to have the phone number as a global identifier (offline and online), we need our telco providers to require more to change phone numbers.
No, we need to push back on this user-hostile trend, not stick on yet more band-aids.
Phone numbers are country-specific, impossible to own in any meaningful way for private individuals (unlike e.g. domain names), and add an unnecessary point of failure.
No, we need to push back on this user-hostile trend, not stick on yet more band-aids.
Phone numbers are country-specific, impossible to own in any meaningful way for private individuals (unlike e.g. domain names), and add an unnecessary point of failure.