Sunday, October 16, 2011

Mobile Phone Authentication

You know what pisses me off ... every time a create a new account somewhere it asks me for my mobile phone number.

I know this is 2011 but not everyone has a mobile phone and I really dont need your crappy website implying that I am a lower class citizen just because I chose not to have one.

When I did have a mobile phone it was rare that anyone called me and it was even rarer that I ever called anyone, about the only calls I would get were usually one of my parents calling to tell me some distant family member had died or work calling me to see if I could come in early because someone else didnt show up.

I did not see why I should be the one paying so that everyone else could have the luxury of contacting me where ever I am, when I could be putting the money wasted every month on minutes I dont use, to much better uses, like paying my rent.

I suppose if I was a typical teenager who didnt have to work for a living and whos parents bought what ever new cell phone is trending that month, then maybe I might have a mobile phone number but guess what ... I still wouldnt enter it on your website!

Honestly what do you need my phone number for anyway? Sure you say its for authentification, to better protect my account, or to make it easier to recover my password if its ever lost, but I call bullshit!

If I were to give you my phone number, sure you might do those things but next thing I know I would also start getting calls from unknown or blocked 800 numbers or random text messages trying to get me to sign up for or buy some crap I had no interest in and never asked to be contacted about in the first place and on top of that, its wasting my minutes on your garbage!

So in closing, NO I will not enter my mobile number into your website so stop fuckin asking!

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