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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Codes sent by text message
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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.
> |
> | 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.