[baybal2]

> his position at the company did allow him access to the private information of many users, including their phone numbers

Yep, and this is after them for years claiming "not using" your phone number after alleged "verification" until EU forced them to admit they were lying.

[ttt0]

Good to know. I was recently wondering if I'm not being too protective about my phone number, but apparently not giving it away to the likes of Twitter was the right call.

[dudul]

Note that I believe it is now impossible to sign up for twitter without giving away your phone number.

[MereInterest]

As of a few months ago, it is possible to make an account, but it cannot use the API unless you give a phone number. Since that is what I wanted to try out, I backed off after learning that and so I don't know if there are any other limitations.

[ttt0]

Last time I checked it was possible, but they will lock your account after a day or so until you verify the account with your phone number.

[dudul]

I checked just before writing my message and phone verification was required before even picking a username and password.