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tiffanyh
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I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any...
Why does Claude require my phone number.
It's honestly a reason why I don't use the service.
cedws
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Could be worse. OpenAI is asking for ID verification to use Codex 5.3, through Persona, which was just exposed as doing extremely dodgy surveillance stuff.
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It's honestly a reason why I don't use the service.