I deeply loathe the fact that companies have decided to use phone numbers to track identities instead of anything that: Is consensually offered for the explicit purpose of verifying ID and for no other purpose Actually corresponds 1-to-1 with identity in any way Has any relevant cryptographic properties whatsoever Distinguishes between authentication and antisybilation and doesn’t require the latter if it doesn’t really need it Is available to all persons equally I almost couldn’t get a...
