Re: Codes sent by text message

Newyana2 wrote:

"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote
 |>    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.
|
 Of course that's it.
 | They want to know that you are an actual person with a phone and
| contract. They have to trust the company giving those numbers.
|
    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.
 

Nevertheless, that's what they want.

   At one point I played with crypto a bit. I had to upload a picture
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.

They will struggle in the UK soon, then. All landlines disappear by the end
of 2025  - there will only be VoIP.
--
Bob
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England
Quantum mechanics: The dreams stuff is made of.