Path: ...!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Codes sent by text message Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:32:30 +0100 Lines: 64 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net Bq10mtuC4jtWhIITAjfMVg/y5qFDQ6ZSstGFZ+N3/Mi8umM7Jy X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:prDX+f+e9Q1Dh7qUjO+TFOyD4ng= sha256:0Zt/6FmoZ1m9KK0reizdJAJi78Y4RndxSHT55tWF3ZM= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3236 On 2024-03-10 14:49, Newyana2 wrote: > "Carlos E.R." 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. > | > | 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. .... -- Cheers, Carlos.