Not their job. A phone number is not a general ID or a security token. It is just a short number made up by a phone company for the purpose of using that company to call or text. If other companies or people try to use it for something different that is their stupid problem.https://twitter.com/mat/status/1167605500919173120 …
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WTF are you talking about? IT *IS* used as in ID. Cops, criminals, bounty hunters, and criminals use it all the time to track people down. It's an ID that says WHO you are, *AND* where you are and when.
One piece of imperfect and spoofable information, yet often useful in investigations that encompass far more information as context, is very far from requirements for a secure ID.
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The problem is it is used so widely as a form of id. Just bad security design everywhere. Companies pick the easy way out. A phone number is terrible I.D.
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Of course it is. ^_^ Pretty much everything is a terrible form of ID, hence multiple layers of security are required.
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It's pretty stupid that every website isn't using cryptographic authentication 2fa at this point.
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Ya, SMS 2FA is... just begging for problems.
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Never said, nor implied, it was "secure" ID. Just said it was used as ID. All forms of "ID" are spoofable. :P Even "In person" meetings can spoof another person entirely with high quality silicone masks, contact lenses, and fingerprint overlay.
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