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Phone Numbers Stink as Identity Proof

Phone numbers stink for security and authentication. They stink because most of us have so much invested in these digits that they’ve become de facto identities. At the same time, when you lose control over a phone number — maybe it’s hijacked by fraudsters, you got separated or divorced, or you were way late on your…
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Mar 22, 2019Phone Numbers Stink as Identity Proof by PaulHoule15556

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