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Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?

 
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Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Why does facebook now require you to enter a cell phone number to confirm your identity?

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09/02/2010 06:34 PM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Welcome to their matrix.
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09/02/2010 06:35 PM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Well they are NOT getting my cell phone number. I just wont join then.
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09/02/2010 06:38 PM
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What can't you people just do as you're told and STFU?
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09/02/2010 06:41 PM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Welcome to their matrix.
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Well their matrix sucks.
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09/02/2010 06:48 PM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
for the same reason my gmail accounts keep asking me to validate my hotmail account
geesh !

and to give another account where I can be reached in case of my losing my password


and to combine all my social networks into ONE system

I dont DO social networks
dont want to make them get lazy :)




the PTB global computer wants us to co-operate in tying every possible ID into one chart so we can be watched even faster and closer

L A Z Y !








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09/02/2010 06:49 PM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Is this some kind of new rule?


You can optionally put your phone # in but I've never heard that you HAVE to.
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09/02/2010 06:50 PM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Why does facebook now require you to enter a cell phone number to confirm your identity?

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 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1087585



I had not had that yet....

but just yesterday they shut me out saying they did not recognise my location...


I had been using the same computor all month from teh same location


so they asked me to recognize people in a series of six photos.....

how many on your friends list can you really recognise in random photos, including those dressed up in costumn at marti gras and drunk? They showed me one of those....

I will never give them my phone numbers ... neve hd never will...

but if they got it.... it is a security question they are trying out.....


yet there is no way to email them.... have you noticed??
I wnet looking... nothing
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09/02/2010 06:51 PM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Its the same with Gmail now too.

No cell phone no e-mail account.

Welcome to the NWO.
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09/02/2010 06:52 PM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Is this some kind of new rule?


You can optionally put your phone # in but I've never heard that you HAVE to.
 Quoting: Mister Obvious


I created a a facebook account, and they did indeed require you to enter a cell phone number. I canceled out of it. They are NOT getting my cell phone number!
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09/02/2010 06:52 PM
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555-555-5555
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09/02/2010 06:57 PM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Its the same with Gmail now too.

No cell phone no e-mail account.

Welcome to the NWO.
 Quoting: Phoenix 2012




Are you serious Phoenix?


I don't believe that...


Gonna make a g-mail addy and see.





Made email... [email protected]

No phone number needed.

But I notice they have a new Google "Call Phone" thing now.

How does this work?
You can now place calls to landline and mobile phones from within Gmail. Just dial any phone number and you’ll be connected. Learn more.

Rates
Calls to the U.S. and Canada are free in 2010. International calls are billed at our insanely low rates.

Emergency Calls
By clicking accept, you understand and agree that Google Voice is an enhanced call management application and that Google Voice is not capable of placing and receiving emergency service calls. Read the complete Terms of Service.
 Quoting: gmail




Yay. Everybody call your friends and family so Gmail can listen to your conversations.
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11/15/2010 02:08 AM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
They just asked my # to verify the account, apparently they think that I may be a machine or someone else using another account for gaming. If you don't have a phone their only other option is scanning a GOVERNMENT ISSUED ID. Sorry, not everyone has a drivers licence or a passport.
This is getting ridiculous!
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11/15/2010 02:11 AM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
What can't you people just do as you're told and STFU?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1072830


Because their demands are absurd! I'll bet you'll be first in line to get a nice little chip implanted in your head for tracking.
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11/15/2010 02:18 AM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
What can't you people just do as you're told and STFU?


Because their demands are absurd! I'll bet you'll be first in line to get a nice little chip implanted in your head for tracking.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1164747


Oh, don't worry. I got that chip in my head and it's not so bad. You'll like it. You'll see. Everything's extra pretty now. :) And I know now beyond a doubt that our government can be trusted 110%! No more worries!

It's nice... so relaxing... just go with it... it's better not to fight it...
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11/15/2010 02:24 AM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Its the same with Gmail now too.

No cell phone no e-mail account.

Welcome to the NWO.
 Quoting: Phoenix 2012



I just checked. Thats not the case. At least for Americans.
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11/15/2010 02:28 AM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
They just asked my # to verify the account, apparently they think that I may be a machine or someone else using another account for gaming. If you don't have a phone their only other option is scanning a GOVERNMENT ISSUED ID. Sorry, not everyone has a drivers licence or a passport.
This is getting ridiculous!
 Quoting: OffGrid 1164747

Doesn't do it to me and I have 100 accounts.
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11/15/2010 02:28 AM
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...most cell phones have GPS.....



Dont do it. I gave a wrong number
SPEAK UP. SILENCE IS DEADLY!

I am currently experiencing life at several WTFs per hour.
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11/15/2010 02:31 AM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Face book is TIA - Total Information Awareness.. Face Book accomplished for the government what they could not do themselves. People freely give TIA everything it was looking for..
Copernica

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11/15/2010 02:56 AM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Its the same with Gmail now too.

No cell phone no e-mail account.

Welcome to the NWO.
 Quoting: Phoenix 2012


Incorrect - Gmail is offering up the cell phone option in order to increase account protection. It is NOT mandatory.

From Gmail's Security section:
We all may forget our passwords at some point, so we strongly encourage that you update your account recovery options. To update these options, sign in to your Google Account by going to [link to www.google.com (secure)] and click Change password recovery options.

* Recovery email address: We can use your recovery email address to communicate with you if you lose access to your account. Learn more.
* SMS: We can send you a recovery code to your mobile phone number, which you can use to reset your password. Learn more.
* Secret question: This option is only available if you can't use the above recovery options and only if haven't tried to sign in during the past 24 hours. An ideal answer to your security question is easy for you to remember, but hard for others to guess.

The bold section is why they ask for the phone number.

Google voice users - you should not use this number for the recovery. If your email account is compromised, so is your google voice.

Watch for more changes/options in the near future.
God Bless President TRUMP! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
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11/15/2010 02:56 AM
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obigbro

If you are going to waste your time with that website at least put false info...
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11/15/2010 02:58 AM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Because we know who you are.
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11/15/2010 02:59 AM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Is this some kind of new rule?


You can optionally put your phone # in but I've never heard that you HAVE to.
 Quoting: Mister Obvious


Just give them an old defunct number from ten years ago.

I gave them my virgin mobile ten dollar back up phone for the car number.
Copernica

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11/15/2010 03:02 AM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
for the same reason my gmail accounts keep asking me to validate my hotmail account
geesh !

and to give another account where I can be reached in case of my losing my password


and to combine all my social networks into ONE system

I dont DO social networks
dont want to make them get lazy :)




the PTB global computer wants us to co-operate in tying every possible ID into one chart so we can be watched even faster and closer

L A Z Y !








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 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1051300


Gmail wants you to validate your alternate account just for that reason. Many people set up their email and forget they need to keep that alternate account active. Their account gets compromised, they forget their password, etc and it does no good to send recovery info to a non-valid email. Which is why they're trying to tie accounts in to cell phone numbers - extra security and no worrying about 2nd email accounts.

Gmail does have the social network thing called "Buzz" - which you can turn off by going to settings. Gmail also means you have a Google Account and that's linked in to all their products. So if someone gets into your email - they get into it ALL!

Now Facebook - that's an entirely other ugly monster and I wouldn't give them jacksquat except one email....and I'm seriously considering deleting my account completely.
God Bless President TRUMP! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!
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11/15/2010 03:02 AM
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mexican phone spam = wtf
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11/15/2010 03:04 AM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Well they are NOT getting my cell phone number. I just wont join then.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1087585



Facebook is overrated. I have an account, but don't use it. They don't have my real name, my real address and they sure as hell aren't getting my cell phone number. They'll just put it up for sale to the highest bidder like all the other data they've been collecting over the years. Same goes for GMAIL.
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11/15/2010 03:07 AM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
What can't you people just do as you're told and STFU?


Because their demands are absurd! I'll bet you'll be first in line to get a nice little chip implanted in your head for tracking.


Oh, don't worry. I got that chip in my head and it's not so bad. You'll like it. You'll see. Everything's extra pretty now. :) And I know now beyond a doubt that our government can be trusted 110%! No more worries!

It's nice... so relaxing... just go with it... it's better not to fight it...
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1139180

lol your trolling right.

so is this a new thing for just people new to fb? I don't even have a cell phone any more and what about old grandmas or little kids they often don't have one ether.
Copernica

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11/15/2010 03:08 AM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Here's the Gmail help page on opening a new account and being asked for phone #:

[link to mail.google.com]

This option is rarely seen in the US - and it's still a bit random on who gets the request and who doesn't. If you get the request, people have had luck exiting out and signing up again and they don't get the request again.

And you have to love the part where they say if you don't have a phone, use a friends. LOL
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Anonymous Coward
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11/15/2010 03:16 AM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Worst case sinarerio

So when the ptb, decide to cull threats, they just access there systems of information, filtering all those with the traits desired, bunch of signals with attached photo and relavant information, would then be transfered to there paid assasins, or hit squads, who will be guided live from over head tracking staililites, all perhaps they wont even bother sending assassins, just have a preditor hone in on your phone signel.

Carnt think of a best case sinarerio, sound to far feached lol.
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11/15/2010 03:21 AM
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...all your faces and books are belong to us!...





bwahahahahaha
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11/15/2010 03:25 AM
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Re: Why the hell is facebook requiring you to enter a cell phone number?
Why does facebook now require you to enter a cell phone number to confirm your identity?

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I had not had that yet....

but just yesterday they shut me out saying they did not recognise my location...


I had been using the same computor all month from teh same location


so they asked me to recognize people in a series of six photos.....

how many on your friends list can you really recognise in random photos, including those dressed up in costumn at marti gras and drunk? They showed me one of those....

I will never give them my phone numbers ... neve hd never will...

but if they got it.... it is a security question they are trying out.....


yet there is no way to email them.... have you noticed??
I wnet looking... nothing
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1087598



They still got you to confirm faces linked to names of your friends. They still got info out of you. Evil pricks.





GLP