Hi, even though this is not directly about Tor I'm asking this question here because I assume there are many privacy-conscious people on this list and maybe someone has a solution for this privacy problem - or some contact at twitter ;) (I'm also CC'ing Kate due to a recent news article [1] about the Tor Project being in contact with Twitter about becoming more tor-friendly, maybe the phone number requirement can be brought up there as well). Also the Tor Project seems to (indirectly) create incentives to use twitter (with accounts) by requesting DMs if someone wants to get more details about something [2]. Why would someone have a problem sharing its phone number with twitter? maybe there is no phone? or maybe the attack surface should be kept at a minimum by not sharing the phone number with twitter so no one can steal it from them [3]? Using google voice numbers for verification [4] does not work because creating a google account requires also a phone number in the first place. Using random SMS receive websites [5] does not work either because these numbers are usually already used by other twitter accounts and you might not like giving your twitter account to some random website by using their number. Trying to reach out to twitter support seems also pointless since that is apparently a bot only. Thoughts? thanks! https://twitter.com/nusenu2 (locked) [1] https://www.dailydot.com/politics/tor-twitter-facebook-privacy/ [2] https://twitter.com/torproject/status/717126806650925056 [3] https://motherboard.vice.com/read/twitter-told-a-bunch-of-users-they-may-be-targets-of-a-state-sponsored-attack [4] https://woorkup.com/how-to-bypass-the-twitter-phone-verification-for-new-account/ [5] http://sourcedigit.com/3466-bypass-smsmobile-verification-online-website/
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