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Hi there @Kari
I don't think in principle the idea is wrong -- some sort of sensible security - especially now as people often have loads of different accounts for all sorts of reasons such as e-commerce sites, bank accounts etc etc but I just don't like the idea of giving out phone numbers to 3rd parties willy nilly -- especially when some of the services that these big players (e.g Microsoft) use are out sourced to a lot of countries where security etc isn't so robust as we are used to in W.Europe and USA.
In some places in Bangladesh, India and China you can buy a whole wad of Credit card data with pin numbers etc for as little as 20 USD so I'm always wary of these things. You don't often need to go into dodgy areas or the back streets before you get approached - especially if you are the only "Westerner" in the area.
Cheers
jimbo