In article CANtY4rZpQJZHJaELUvCbnZhzo4+mMFDevxw4ZE2ZGZJFwgBtqQ@mail.gmail.com, paul youlten paul.youlten@gmail.com writes:
If Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo and Gmail are all using SMS verification I think that it must have some merit in the battle against spammers and fake accounts.
LOL! They want your phone number because they build marketing profiles from your "free" account. They could care less about spammers in this regard.