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Discord now requiring phone number to login? (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Seems like discord is asking people to verify their accounts with phone numbers nowadays. I guess I won't be using it anymore? :🤷

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Why a phone number? Not everyone has a phone and most companies don't get my number.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Yeah exactly. What are they even verifying? They don't have my phone yet, so anybody could put their number there and 'verify' the account. I suppose it's to stop bots, but still, some other options should be available.

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