phone number

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phone number is a series of digits (typically 10-11) for reaching a classic phone, that is sometimes used for TFA (via SMS and/or audio call) despite being at high risk of being compromised.

See Also

• https://twitter.com/swiftonsecurity/status/922856687987552256
• https://twitter.com/swiftonsecurity/status/922857208488103936
• "As always, IRC and email are more reliable ways to contact me than anything involving a phone number." https://rhiaro.co.uk/2019/09/phone
• Criticism: 2018-06-05 BoingBoing: It's really easy to steal your cellphone number, and that's a gateway to stealing everything else
• a way to get audio interrupt spammed with faked local number callerID, thread: https://twitter.com/davidwalshblog/status/1202607635276664832
  • "I absolutely *loathe* how you can't even answer the phone anymore. Always a bot. Always. I hate it." @davidwalshblog December 5, 2019
• Caller ID spoofing used by fraudsters to trick you and your bank, man-in-the-middle (MitM) etc.: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/04/would-you-have-fallen-for-this-phone-scam/
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• Virtual phone number provider: https://www.mightycall.com/virtual-phone-number/
• 2019-10-10 Fast Company: Stop giving companies your phone number. Do this instead / Facebook and Twitter admit that marketers accessed the phone numbers people gave them for security verification.

  Facebook told me that they will only delete your phone number from their records if you delete your entire account.

• why NOT to publish your phone number on your website (or anywhere on the web, or even add it to a social media profile):
  2021-09-27 SF Chronicle: 'He held me hostage with no gun but with his words': The phone scam gaslighting therapists

  The victims … many of whom list their work cell phone numbers on a website

• https://octodon.social/@cwebber/107112903203525026
• Criticism: billions & billions of spam/phishing calls & txts per year: 2021-10-18 Spam Calls Flood San Francisco, CA in 2021

  In the first half of the year, scammers sent 47.5 billion spam texts, a number that's projected to reach 86 billion by year's end

• criticism: https://twitter.com/heyakwan/status/1465405214379413513
  • "The assumption that people will have consistent access to the same mobile number simply isn’t true for a lot of people. Phones cost money. So do phone plans. Phones break or get stolen. We all know this. Yet people who don’t have phones still need access to their email accounts." @heyakwan November 29, 2021
• 2023-09-07 Terence Eden: Using disposable phone numbers for better security