Yahoo wants a cell phone number!

Oh I know...so much is asked for and usually not even needed for the reason you are giving it! And you know they sell all information to someone else..how else do all these telemarketers get my UNLISTED landline number! I remember back in about 1990 I worked with a gal...her husband worked for Northrop...in a casual conversation, she said her husband said that the next huge area of interest and jobs is going to be INFORMATION. At the time I didn't exactly understand it, but it was before online etc was really popular...but in recent years, I have realized what she meant!

Uhuh. Late last year, I think it was, I got an email from Vodafone. Ok out of the blue is one thing but forget that for a minute. The issue, shocking issue I have is they did not address it to me but addressed it to my self employed business. Why shocking? Well because although I came up with the name for my company around 2011, I have used it in VERY little places. As in other words, there are about 10 organisations that have been handed my business name by me and one of those is HMRC the English Tax office so apart from them there are 9 or less companies that have this information, all should be as respectable as Vodafone supposedly is but one of them has sold my information to a mobile phone company. I confronted them on Twitter about it and Vodafone said something about if I had registered with any affiliated companies or anything and I said no, but never heard back from them again to explain just how they knew my business name and details as I politely demanded that they should be lawfully telling me this information. Yes my business is online but I barely even reference the name of the company on the main website and they'd only see it if Vodafone etc visited it and doubt they went looking for random websites to steal details of. So I certainly will not be using vodaphones mobile servies, with their questionable data procurement! Wow. Yes I can imagine, even in the 90's who among us used the internet? Well I was a young child anyway and it was in early days too like me lol so yeah it's hard too imagine but now sadly we know all too well! Thats why I say to my younger sister...the "Golden age" of the internet has gone. I really believe it. Now the companies, scammers and so on have migrated online and it's just not quite as fun or safe as it used to be. There is good of course like complaining to companies via twitter instead of ringing or emailing but I really think 90s internet for those of us who remember, and early 2000's was the best. Look at how many adverts are littering websites now, pop ups you cant avoid, adverts before video, the "free internet" was good while it lasted.

YOu are so right. The "golden age" of internet is gone. To much available to use and to much available to trash and to much opportunity to scam and cheat and use it for other than intended. TMI....to much information!

Damn Straight!

I figure that, but why not let the land line ring and have someone pick it up? I also figure it is probably more for texting than messages tho. either way..they aren't getting my number!

I know! You are preaching to the choir! WHy do they need it? Well, they don't! I have the back up email to. I know they will sell it or solicit me with it.. and I don't want what they are selling!

I agree. They have enough. I guess I was just wondering if they would tell me I can't do yahoo without it. I am not all that into the internet and all their crap-ola...and most certainly not into cell phones. I just wonder why they are always asking me for it. I log into my account and often that page shows up. I clikc "ask me later" or whatever option they have and it doesn't come back for about a week.

I haven't heard any other carrier asking for the phone number. I did contact them with the HELP option and told them I dont have cell number...do I need to go elsewhere for my email server? and they haven't answered! If they de-activate me cause of it, oh well, I'll just go elsewhere!

That's what I say..t hey already have plenty! They dont' need my cell phone, if I had one. An alternate email is plenty!

I know that's right! Maybe we need our phone because of more telemarketing haha

Oh no....not me! I get so many calls now for telemarketing and soliciting! I have a cell phone my daughter made me get as I do day care for her daughter and she insisted I need one for emergencies. Later when she didn't need my day care anymore, she kept paying for it for me and then she couldn't afford it anymore so I told my husband that if he had one, I should get one..just because it isn't fair that he get one and not me, but anyway...it sits there and the only calls I get are telemarketers! Really odd area codes and half hte time they are recorded messages and I can't even tell them no, take me off your list! Yahoo isn't getting any more from me!