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I'm in the same boat. I'm not going to give away my phone number to some random company to try out this thing. A big Thank You to OP and whoever set this up.
by 7to2 4y ago
I'm in the same boat. I'm not going to give away my phone number to some random company to try out this thing.
A big Thank You to OP and whoever set this up.
Edit: Not working for me. Perhaps the service is being squeezed to death?
- tornato7 4y agoYou would miss out on trying one of the most significant innovations in a decade because of a phone number? What do you think is going to happen if you share your phone number? Your phone number is certainly readily tired to your name across dozens of public and private databases. All it takes is someone who has you in their contacts downloading an app that requests contacts permissions. Totally out of your control. It's best to assume your phone number is already public and move your privacy shields somewhere more effective.
- 7to2 4y ago> You would miss out on trying one of the most significant innovations in a decade because of a phone number? Yes. It's a mater of principle.
- isuleman 4y agoCan confirm from India here .. It didn't ask me phone number.
- sha-3 4y agoI don't remember giving my phone number to OpenAI. (they never asked)
- gbraad 4y agoThey might ask for certain geolocations, as they did for me. Had to use a European phone number before I was able to access the dashboard (I am in East Asia).
- philliphaydon 4y agoI’m in Taiwan and they didn’t ask me? And when I got the plus account they didn’t ask…
- allNaN 4y agoCan you please create an account for me? Email in my profile
- antonvs 4y agoOpenAI is hardly “some random company”. It’s 49% owned by Microsoft, and has an exclusive commercial license with them. Its cofounders and original investors are all Silicon Valley luminaries, plus Elon Musk who’s since sold his stake. Cofounders and major investors include Sam Altman (former Y Combinator president and now OpenAI CEO), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn cofounder), Jessica Livingston (Y Combinator), Peter Thiel (Palantir), Amazon Web Services, Infosys, and OpenResearch (formerly YC Research). Btw I’m not sure if you need a phone number if you sign up with a social media account like Google.
- allNaN 4y agoif you sign up with social you be redirected to enter your name and phone number
- philliphaydon 4y agoThey don’t require a phone number when you create an account. And they have a social login using gmail or Microsoft.
- throw_m239339 4y ago> They don’t require a phone number when you create an account. And they have a social login using gmail or Microsoft. They absolutely do for certain locations.
- philliphaydon 4y agoHave you got a location? Just tried Singapore & Thailand on a vpn and it didn’t ask.
- tjbiddle 4y agoPlease inform me how. I've been trying to create an account but cannot as they require a phone number, and my only number is a Google voice account which is not allowed.
- philliphaydon 4y agoWhat country? I can’t find a country where it’s required…
- Krasnol 4y agoI'm in the same boat here. Had logged in with my google account which was sufficient for the first days but than suddenly they needed my phone number too. Germany here.
- philliphaydon 4y agoSo I signed up in Thailand and Singapore without a phone number. After I disconnected from the vpn and then signed out to sign back in with my account I got asked for a phone number. I think I dug myself into a hole.