Re: Codes sent by text message

On 2024-03-10 14:49, Newyana2 wrote:

"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
 | >     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.
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| You can not send the drivers license online.
|
    You said the reason for a cellphone code is to confirm
that you're "an actual person with a phone contract". When
I signed up for crypto I had to scan and upload both sides
of my driver's license.

To get a bank account?
We are in that context.
You get a bank account and in the same act you register with them your real actual physical phone number.

    We seem to be talking about two different things here.
If your identity needs to be checked then a cellphone
number is meaningless. If you want secure login, a cellphone
number is not necessary.
 | >
| >    So it's pure bullshit for them to talk about security and even more
| > BS to talk about confirming who you are. The only credible reason to
| > require 2FA via cellphone is to track you.
|
| What on earth are they going to track?
|
    Where have you been, Carlos? The Internet runs on spying and
ads. Google's whole business is giving away convenient services
in exchange for spying. Did you think they were a non-profit? Banks
are no different. Not all online businesses spy, but if the product
is free it would be naive to think they're not spying.

We are talking banks sending a code to your phone. Context, please.

    Most online brokers are offering trades for free. So how do they
make money? They may just hope that you'll get rich and use their
paid services later. But it's likely that they're also collecting personal
data as a source of income. Datamining. Did you somehow not
know that's an industry now? Ostrich logic never ceases to astonish
me. So many people get angry about even being exposed to the truth.
Instead they shoot the messenger, screaming about paranoia and
tinfoil hats. That's exactly what makes the datamining industry
feasible.

Ridiculous. Context, please.
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Cheers, Carlos.