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On 3/9/24 7:30 PM, Newyana2 wrote:Lots of sites track you by device. Some offer you a history to view of"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
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| > As V said, the simple answer is that they want to spy.
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| No, that's not it. Not for a bank.
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Of course that's it.
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| They want to know that you are an actual person with a phone and
| contract. They have to trust the company giving those numbers.
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An actual person with a phone contract? So you're saying that
having a cellphone is more proof of ID than my drivers license? You've
been drinking the kool-aid.At one point I played with crypto a bit. I had to upload a pictureWow. That's a lot of info to give an online company for a paranoid guy like
ID (drivers license), as well as giving them my email address and
access to my bank account. As I recall I think they sent a voice
message code to my landline, which is a lot more security in terms of
proof of ID than a cellphone. The lamdline is registered to -- and
wired to -- a physical address.
you... 8-O
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Investing with the US Treasury does not require a cellphone.
They send a code via email.
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My Tracfone was bought at BestBuy. At no point did I have to
enter an ID or open an account. Tracfone officially has no idea
who I am. I buy minutes at a drugstore every 3 months. There's
no inherent security or proof of ID with cellphones. If I were going
to do anything online requiring a cellphone, I'd be using that Tracfone.
The problem, as I noted, is that if I lost the cellphone I don't feel
confident that I'd be able to get into my account. There's no one
minding the store.
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I ran into a similar issue with my brotyher who had a stroke. I
tried to get his email. Google wouldn't let me. They wanted 2FA.
He'd never set up 2FA! Apparently they saw that I was logging in
from a different location, on a different device. There was no way
around it. One doesn't just call a tech support person at Google.So it's pure bullshit for them to talk about security and even moreI prefer text 2FA because it's immediate. If I didn't request it and
BS to talk about confirming who you are. The only credible reason to
require 2FA via cellphone is to track you.
somebody's using my password I want to know right away...
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