Why Is No-One Protesting About E-Mail Companies Demanding Mobile Numbers To Verify Accounts

[dunya-anneli]

What they are doing is collecting identities. Every person has the right to create an alternative identity for themself - and everyone has the right to not have a mobile phone. If you need to have that explained to you, you are an anti-democratic apologist for the global police state which we pretty much have now.

[bednobs]

no idea wot your going on about. My email provider doesn't insist on having a mobile number (and indeed, if they did, what is to prevent me just making one up?

[SlackAlice]

Calm down, Calm down ☺☺☺

No one has asked me for a mobile no yet and I have 5 email accounts from different suppliers.

[EDDIE51]

Never been asked for a phone no in all the time I have had email accounts.
You seem to be the victim of a scam, change email accounts.

[wolf63]

Maybe they don't trust you ....

[FrogNog]

You can skip the request, so I do.

[Tuvok]

Yahoo asks me every so often.

I don't have a mobile.

[woofgang]

errr because no one seems to have had that experience........

[whirlyhurly]

Ooo eck ! what about folk like myself who do not own a mobile phone.

[eanceoil]

there is an e-mail company that asks for your mobile as an extra security question just if you forget your password, you don't have to give it to them, just skip or ignore and carry on to your inbox

[ichkeria]

Google asked me for a mobile number so that they could text me every so often with an activation code to keep my email account secure. I sent it them and had no texts from them. Hmmm
Every so often Facebook invites me to give them a mobile phone number for 'security reasons' All to my benefit of course. Irritating but not compulsory
I trust none of these companies
I thought it was extraordinarily hypocritical of Apple to get on their high horse about privacy
It never ceases to amaze me that we complain about government reading our emails and yet we happily commit our personal info to Apple Facebook Google Yahoo etc

[Old_Geezer]

Put in a fake one if worried. Or buy a spare SIM.

When shopping I opt to give a mobile number in preference to a fixed line. Mobile numbers are easily changed, and hopefully the call cost dissuades any nuisance calls.

[sandyRoe]

And even if they did what's to stop you making one up?

[boxtops]

Nobody's asked me - who's your email provider?

[eanceoil]

you could always give them 867 5309 and a prefix, it's known from the song 867-5309/Jenny Tommy Tutone, works all the time

[boxtops]

I don't see why dunya should give them any numbers, nobody else appears to be doing so!

[eanceoil]

boxtops, If you're with the likes of gmail and keep forgetting your password they ask for your mobile and text you a code to get back into your account

[boxtops]

Fair enough, I'm with gmail but they've never asked me yet.....

[eanceoil]

you must be good at remembering your password - it's when you keep forgetting they give the option of sending you a code to the mobile. Hotmail are the same

[Tuvok]

What anoys me is that my bank expects mecto have a mobile.

If I want to transfer money online, they expect to be able to text a verification code. I told them I don't have a mobile.

Their response "is there someone else who could receive the code"

My response "no"

[DaisyNonna]

Never had that problem. My mobile number is for family and friends only.
If my land line is not good enough, tough, will take my business elsewhere.