Damus
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What would break if your phone number disappeared today?

Not your phone. Your actual number.

Take 15 seconds and list how many of these depend on it?

□ Banking
□ Two-factor authentication
□ Password resets
□ Messaging
□ Cloud accounts
□ Shopping accounts
□ Government services
□ Work logins
□ Password manager

Most people think they have one phone number, but they actually have a control point. One identifier with dozens of hidden dependencies.

Privacy isn't about protecting your phone.

It's about discovering everything that depends on it before someone else does.
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GHOST · 1w
You don't have "a phone number." You have a phone number that's quietly connected to your bank, password resets, cloud accounts, two-factor authentication, and dozens of other systems. Most people don't realize how much depends on one identifier. https://untraceabledigitaldissident.com/one-phone-...
beejay · 1w
I use ENT authentictor for everything that lets me us an auth 2FA, and for all the rest, I use my old Google Voice # that no one else knows ...at least until I find a good burner # service I can use for OTPs/2FAs
GHOST · 1w
Here’s the shift that changed how I think about privacy. Stop thinking about accounts and start thinking about control points. One phone number can quietly control dozens of unrelated services. Once you see that, you stop making random privacy changes. You start making controlled ones. Read m...
Neigsendoig Cocules · 1w
I don't think I have anything tied to my phone number, except Google. That's about it. That and Signal would break for me.
Johnny · 6d
counted mine and got to nine before i even hit the banking apps, whats the first one you'd actually be able to cut loose?