Paul Knightly, PhD on Nostr: Can we stop pretending that phone numbers are required for online transactions? I've ...

Can we stop pretending that phone numbers are required for online transactions? I've never once received a follow-up phone call with questions about my order.

Payment confirmation is usually instantaneous, and my address is typically required for the payment information and/or shipping if there are questions.

Hard not to believe that my phone number isn't being used as a unique customer identifier and thus collected entirely for the sake of collecting data.