Hello! I am trying to setup Discourse. I want only those people to be able to register who have a valid cell number. Is it possible?

I see it mostly used mostly as a bad second factor implementation. It’s apparently not that hard to steal a phone number. [immagine] sca: our partners, who would evaluate the page views, would want to see some way by which we avoid fake accounts. Discourse has some stuff built in to do that.…

Many years ago, there was a long discussion about allowing such a feature. It didn’t go anywhere, but it’s definitely worth reading if you’re interested. [immagine] How to allow login of user through mobile number? feature Hi, Please let me know a step by step way to allo…

[immagine] anon73664359: It didn’t go anywhere Thanks for sharing this post @anon73664359 . You are absolutely right. However, what I am looking for is a bit different. I want email and username to be primary source of identification & login. However, I just want to verify that the user is a …

You can request for somebody to create a plugin by creating a topic in the marketplace category. As for verification VIA text message, that was also addressed in the topic that I linked above. To say the least, SMS is too insecure.

There is nothing about a text message that proves they are a person. It’s cheap and easy to get short term text messages. I used to do it to create accounts for my customers. Is this about spam? What is the problem you have with people right now?

I don’t have any problem yet. But phone verification is becoming a common practice now. Also, our partners, who would evaluate the page views, would want to see some way by which we avoid fake accounts.

[immagine] sca: But phone verification is becoming a common practice now. Where? Most sites and services still use email verification for a reason. Phone number verification just wouldn’t work with Discourse.

This is very helpful. Thanks Jay!

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anon73664359 20 Giugno 2021, 5:10pm 2

Molti anni fa, ci fu una lunga discussione sull’idea di permettere una funzionalità del genere. Non portò a nulla, ma vale sicuramente la pena leggerla se sei interessato.

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