It might have some PR speak sprinkled, but it’s genuinely good advice, put more bluntly:
“We can screw up, if it’s important enough for you to stay anonymous you should get a separate phone number and email”
That is a good tip with every company. If you want better security, have less trust in the services you’re using.
This goes to what victim blaming is. Yes. It would be great if the victim lived in a better world. But sometimes extra caution could help them now without waiting for the entire world to change.
In Germany and other countries you have to show government ID to get a GSM number. Phone numbers are like bank accounts: strongly linked to official name and identity.
There is an exceptional difference you left out. In criminal situations, the criminal is punished, there is a deterrent. What is the deterrent here? Without a deterrent, there is a moral failure.
“We can screw up, if it’s important enough for you to stay anonymous you should get a separate phone number and email”
That is a good tip with every company. If you want better security, have less trust in the services you’re using.
This goes to what victim blaming is. Yes. It would be great if the victim lived in a better world. But sometimes extra caution could help them now without waiting for the entire world to change.