YouTube videos with open comments may prevent you from commenting unless you "verify your identity" by providing them with your phone number so they can send you a text. They do not think email is good enough anymore? Giving them a phone number along with them already having your email address gives them a way to locate you physically. I do not see where verifying one's identity on YouTube in order to make a comment is going to help target advertising. Quora will not allow you to use other than your real name.
Facebook is asking for certain users to upload passports, driver licenses or other documents to verify. WTF? How many times will people have to see on the news and notice that one of the first things they do when discussing anyone is the content of their Facebook and/or Twitter accounts? There is just nothing much on the internet worth compromising my personal privacy to that degree.
Facebook is asking for certain users to upload passports, driver licenses or other documents to verify. WTF? How many times will people have to see on the news and notice that one of the first things they do when discussing anyone is the content of their Facebook and/or Twitter accounts? There is just nothing much on the internet worth compromising my personal privacy to that degree.
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