Phone numbers as unique user identity: Are you ready?
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Using the Web to support the social process has significantly increased in the last decade with the explosion of social network services like Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and online dating sites. While having an online identity has certain strengths in providing easy communication by minimizing the need for a physical presence, the nature of online identities also has its flaws. It makes it easy for one to fake elements of one’s online identity, create a false identity or steal another person’s identity altogether. Creating a completely fake online identity The existence of a temporary virtual wall before one meets face-to- face…
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