I never like to sign up an account by my mobile number

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@youless (114117)

Guangzhou, China

December 11, 2016 7:52pm CST

Some websites require to sign up an account by mobile number and I don't like it at all. At first, I am afraid my personal information will be spread out. Second, what if I travel abroad and I will not receive SMS to active my account. I prefer that I can use my email account to sign up an account.

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

12 Dec 16

Yeah,..I have signed up by mobile number for several times. That's not a problem for me...

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

12 Dec 16

I prefer that they have more choices for us to sign up an account, such as email account, username, Facebook etc.

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

12 Dec 16

@youless Yeah, but some of them require phone number for verification.. I'm okay with that... Anyway, I don't have any facebook account to sign up certain websites.

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@amitkokiladitya (171988)

• Agra, India

12 Dec 16

I hate the messages they keep sending later

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@infatuatedbby (94909)

• United States

12 Dec 16

I dont like using my phone either as a requirement for logging in..

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

13 Dec 16

@infatuatedbby Especially the bank. But I think they can use the token instead.

@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

12 Dec 16

This is why I think some companies are so bad to require the phone information only.

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@infatuatedbby (94909)

• United States

12 Dec 16

@youless Yes I agree but many places ask for our phone info now a days

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@allknowing (153529)

• India

13 Dec 16

Our bank accounts are routed through our mobiles and with the latest digitising recommendations by government for money exchange I too would worry if someone asked for my mobile number of registration.

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

13 Dec 16

I heard about the banknotes issues in India. It is a bad rule for most of common people. The bad guys always have a solution cope with it.

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@allknowing (153529)

• India

13 Dec 16

@youless Many have been caughtand t the common man is still weighed down.

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@LadyDuck (502886)

• Italy

12 Dec 16

I do not want to sign up using my mobile number, you can be sure that you are going to receive plenty of spam messages and calls.

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

13 Dec 16

This is what I am worried about, too.

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

13 Dec 16

@LadyDuck I noticed you change a new avatar for winter

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@LadyDuck (502886)

• Italy

13 Dec 16

@youless I only gave out my number once and I was inundated by spam. I have blocked all the numbers that I consider spam, but it's a waste of time.

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@JudyEv (382658)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Dec 16

I don't have a mobile phone and sometimes I can't sign up for stuff because of this. But I don't think it inconveniences me too much.

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

13 Dec 16

That's so bad.

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

13 Dec 16

@JudyEv I am the opposite. I am so attached to it

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@JudyEv (382658)

• Rockingham, Australia

13 Dec 16

@youless So bad that I don't have a mobile? I don't really want one.

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@amitkokiladitya (171988)

• Agra, India

12 Dec 16

Yes but now most of the websites demand phone number verification

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

12 Dec 16

This is why I hate it. I can't get any SMS or calls once I am abroad. So I will never login my account again.

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@kaka135 (14994)

• Malaysia

13 Dec 16

Same here, I don't like to use mobile phone number to sign up or even leave it in most of the sites too, unless I really need too. I remember receiving notification to add phone number to Facebook and some other accounts, but I haven't do them yet. Just recently I signed up to taobao and realized they encourage to use mobile phone number to sign in, instead of email address.

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

13 Dec 16

You are right. If you login in a different place, you may be required to login your account with the active number from your mobile phone.

@celticeagle (190074)

• Boise, Idaho

12 Dec 16

I have several sites(Netflix and Yahoo) that want my mobile number and I don't have one. I hope all these sites you may have a problem with due to this issue have a number you can call to get help. And, that there are options.

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

13 Dec 16

In fact in my opinion signing up with an email address is good enough.

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@sishy7 (27166)

• Australia

12 Dec 16

Yeah, I don't really use my mobile much more than just calling and texting...

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

12 Dec 16

The mobile phone number is a much more personal information.

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@Letranknight2015 (52665)

• Philippines

12 Dec 16

They were moments were I almost got fooled by signing using my phone number.

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

12 Dec 16

We have to pay attention to it when we sign up a new account.

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@jstory07 (148777)

• Roseburg, Oregon

12 Dec 16

I always use my email account to sign up on an account.

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

12 Dec 16

I prefer to it the most.

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@amitkokiladitya (171988)

• Agra, India

12 Dec 16

Even I prefer this But attimes they dand phone number verification

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@PatZAnthony (14749)

• Charlotte, North Carolina

23 Dec 16

It does make be uncomfortable too.

@inter4 (319)

• Nanjing, China

12 Dec 16

Most of my accounts were signed up by mobile phone number . when I forget my accounts' passwords ,it is eaiser to log in by mobile phone than use email adress.

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@youless (114117)

• Guangzhou, China

13 Dec 16

But I can also get back my password with my email account.