Ahh, the "no need to be careful, the world is fucked anyways" argument. Whenever...

slt2021 · 2024-08-30T06:41:28 1725000088

yes, you are missing on a better product without even gaining any privacy benefit, if you consider phone number as sensitive.

you could registered with synthetic phone number (google phone) without compromising privacy, if you were that serious about privacy

lynx23 · 2024-08-30T07:07:45 1725001665

Anthropic could also NOT prompt for a phone number if they were so serious about getting their product established. But its much better to shame potential customers by claiming their privacy incentives are just wrong...

Kiro · 2024-08-30T07:30:32 1725003032

Phone numbers are public data in my country. You can search my name and get my phone number instantly (as well as my SSN). What is your opinion on that?

maeil · 2024-08-30T09:40:43 1725010843

Interesting, I've never heard of this before. Which country is this?