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Stop Treating Phone Numbers As A Digital ID (notthesolution.substack.com)
submitted 3 months ago by formerlytomato@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I run my own mail server. I can't do the same for whatsapp.

No, but you can do the same for a wide variety of chat apps.

it's very easy to identify spam these days

LOL then why is my inbox constantly full of spam?

Platforms like SimpleX solve spam by requiring participants to have an invitation to message you. You can either send them a 1-time invitation or you can use a semi-permanent one that can be posted publicly and rolled as necessary without losing contact with anyone you've already connected with, so by the time it's mined somehow and sold to some company, it's already changed.

For 2FA, per-account email addresses and authenticor apps are the best approach for privacy.

LOL what? No they're not. How does an email protect your privacy over just a username?

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

LOL what? No they’re not. How does an email protect your privacy over just a username?

They said per-account email addresses, presumably meaning that when giving out an email address, you would use a different one for each service. That way, they couldn't be used to link you across services, and you could easily delete one (and know who to blame) if it was abused.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I understand how email aliasing works. Again, how is that more private than a username?

[–] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I don't see a claim of it being more private than a username. Perhaps the person you're arguing with views them as equally private, or is thinking of services that require some form of contact info. I can't speak for them.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

It's right here:

For 2FA, per-account email addresses and authenticor apps are the best approach for privacy.

I can't speak for them.

But you just did.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Zoomer spotted, opinion rejected. Email >>>>> chat apps.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 3 months ago

Zoomer spotted

Haha, not even close

Email >>>>> chat apps.

Wrong again. But please, do go on.