What do you consider your phone number to be? Anon, pseudo, or full-id? What would classify as full-id (aka kyc)?
Phone number is fully KYC’ed I assume in most cases
Phone number is full-id because it can easily be traced back to you, but this is only because it used to be a unique and useful identifier. If it weren’t for existing databases of it, I’d say phone number is much less intrusive than name/social media/age
Full-id. But not full engagement. I consider FaceTime video/audio and iMessage to be full-id and full engagement.
I consider my phone number to be one of two universal addresses I can give to almost anyone and know they will be able to reach me. (The other is an email address.) It's full-id for most today. We (3num.co) are making a pseudonymous one you can mint as an NFT.
My phone number is quite literally my ID. The SIM card has a KYCed multi-PIN protected hardware private key in it that is used as a Qualified Electronic Signature. Meaning it can be used to sign in to government services, banks and even sign legally binding agreements like founding a company or getting a mortgage.
Full id. I would love to see private key based phone numbers as a destination node routed by disposable traditional phone numbers
One is full-id as I’ve had the number since early 2000s Others are pseudo to anon
Full ID, particularly many web2 apps treat it as such
Public, since the teleco got hacked recently! Full id is probably my browser fingerprint 😬
Full-id and public, on my website for over 10 years Granted, I almost never answer sudden calls
phone number is full-id as it directly links to 3rd party communication apps (telegram/whatsapp/wechat) as my identity.
My primary is full-id for sure. It’s treated as compromised and untrustworthy for security but still valuable for communication. I have a few others that are for different purposes on a spectrum of anon or pseudo.
Pro tip: metropcs doesn’t check ids on using their month to month plan. Never had a problem. Semi-Id?
Thank you for these responses. Gives a lot to think about. I see phone # as full-id too. Noodling how the data is siloed (across entire telco network and +), phone numbers may hold same keys as anon->pseudo->full-I’d, when interacting between diff networks, with bridges. Not much diff than web3 rn. Dunno. Thinkin
Full ID if given to an individual, pseudo if for an app/company, somewhere in between as an email sign-off (listed to encourage network effect — and if I’m emailing you, I’d probably respond to a text or voicemail from you, anyway).
FULL-ID in india phone numbers are attached to a national id card (aadhar card).
Pseudo, if standalone. I’ve come from KYC, with all the metadata it is literally a full-id.
- I worry about sim swapping, changing it while old accounts are attached (like an email when your domain expires) - I have 1 lifelong personal, 3-4 google voice I no longer use. Considering changing within 5yr -I would classify it as kyc that can be forged through abuse like Facebook marketplace; please confirm code
One other note: I haven’t memorized a phone number since having a landline