Comment by allarm
4 years ago
Why in heaven does OpenAI want my phone number to be able to log in? And why it doesn’t say anything about this requirement before I create an account? If I knew about it I wouldn’t even bother creating the account at all. It’s absolutely inappropriate.
My best guess is that it's a deterrent for spammers.
It's not as easy to obtain a throwaway phone number that can receive SMS as it is a throwaway email address.
Same here. Wish there was a way to use ChatGPT without giving them my very personal phone number. A phone number should be the very last thing anyone asks for, for only the most sensitive of things, not just to talk to an AI. Not to mention a large amount of people don't even have one.