This is especially bad since I’m more confident that GV is less susceptible to a SIM swap type of attack since I can disable it on my account which is of course protected by real 2FA (not SMS).
Meanwhile T-Mobile has shown a few times that they’re vulnerable to SIM swap attacks.
It might not be any more private but I give out my Google voice number to people/businesses I don’t really want to hear from or suspect my data will be sold by.
What’s really frustrating is that some services detect GV (and other VOIP providers) and just say you can’t use it.
I agree that it's not much. That was my attempt at steel manning crypto's use case. The single one I know of that makes even a little sense. 99% of it is bullshit.
Crypto actually is really useful for evading the law
That's the only use case I've heard that makes sense. To be clear, sometimes it's moral to break the law, but still..
This came up in an episode of Cartoon Avatars and the specifics were basically, "I'm fleeing from my country and want to bring all my wealth with me over state boundaries without the possibility of it being stolen en route".
I've had the same argument with my parents and they still won't admit that they're still "paying for everyone else's healthcare" via insurance but also paying insurance CEO's paychecks on top of that.
Only by pandering to the crowd can you still keep getting the likes, comments, shares you need to stay influential, so its the crowd that influences you. Your brand image — who the audience expects you to be — rarely stays in alignment with your ideal image — the person you want to be. By chasing the approval of others, you may, in the end, lose the approval of yourself.
This phenomenon is called audience capture, and it can have dire consequences...
I wonder if you and your social circle skews younger.
While I wasn’t able to find myself, my spouse, or my younger siblings, I was able to find both my parents, their friends, and older family.