alt Hacker NewsThey ask a phone number to sign up. WTF?
I signed up with openai a while ago and I didn’t need to provide any phone number…. I wanna delete my open ai account, but then I cannot use claude without a phone?
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badlibrarian • yesterday at 2:59 PM
If you sign up with a Google account you don't need to give them a phone number. I realize the irony here.
kristjansson • yesterday at 4:17 PM
When did you sign up for OpenAI? They been requiring a phone sign the very first betas
dynm • yesterday at 2:18 PM
Not sure why you're being downvoted. It's unusual and harmful to privacy to require a phone number.
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It’s a way to mitigate bot accounts. Arguably not the best way, arguably not the right cost/benefit, but all of these services see massive bot traffic and are in a constant battle.