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  • Whirlybird@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    3 years ago

    Probably because they need your phone number to verify the account. If you don’t like it, delete your account (knowing they still have your phone number because you gave it to them).

    If you didn’t want them having it, why did you give it to them in the first place?

  • Vlyn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 years ago

    If you want to use Discord nowadays you need a valid phone number, that’s it.

    Either you agree with it and use their service, or you don’t and delete your account with all your data.

    They use this to battle spam accounts (with quite some success, been over a year since I’ve been contacted by scammers), there is no good way around it.

    • Skasi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 years ago

      If you want to use Discord nowadays you need a valid phone number, that’s it.

      No you don’t. I can use it just fine without a phone number added.

      • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
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        3 years ago

        Even if you change the phone number they’re going to keep a record of your previous numbers.

          • jet@hackertalks.comEnglish
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            3 years ago

            Correct. You could use GDPR regulations to have them remove all your information once the account’s gone.

            And then over time frame they are required to forget about you.

            But they are never ever ever going to forget a phone number, they will call it a security matter and keep it for anti-fraud purposes. I believe that’s allowed.

            Basically once your personal information is associated with a online account it is tainted. And if you are worried about your personal information being attached to an account you can no longer use that account because it is in fact tainted forever

  • om1k@sopuli.xyz
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    3 years ago

    that’s weird. I just opened discord and deleted my phone number without any issues, just had to type password and 2fa and done. I did it in the android app btw.