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by ttt0 1939 days ago
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.
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Note that I believe it is now impossible to sign up for twitter without giving away your phone number.
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.
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.
I checked just before writing my message and phone verification was required before even picking a username and password.