Here in Thailand phone carriers re-use phone numbers every 2 years or so. Recently I forgot password to a local amazon (Lazada) and did a phone reset that logged me into some other persons account with credit card attached and everything. Also, pay as you go phone numbers tend to expire in 2 months without a way to reset this so you're always at risk of losing your identity confirmation.
I really don't understand how phone numbers became so accepted as an identity confirmation.
I really don't understand how phone numbers became so accepted as an identity confirmation.